Morgan Aero 4.8-Litre Roadster, 2008
Morgan Roadster
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Chassis No.: SA9AERO8048MJ067
Estimate: £50,000 - £60,000 GBP
- Exported from Australia to the UK in January 2021
- Circa 2,000 kilometres from new
- MoT'd to August 2023
- Supercar performance
"You could park the Aero 8 next to anything short of a gold-plated Bugatti and know that it would win the bulk of attention. The traditional lines and muscular contours manage to refer to Morgan's illustrious sports car past without degenerating into caricature." – Autocar.
The revitalisation of Morgan, for decades regarded as merely a niche producer of traditional - essentially outdated - sports cars, is one of the British motor industry's more unlikely success stories of the 21st Century. Morgan's new era began in 2000 with the display at the Geneva Motor Show of the Aero 8, an aluminium-chassis roadster powered by a state-of-the-art BMW 4.4-litre V8 engine driving via a six-speed gearbox
Although its styling had been refreshed and updated, the Aero 8 remained unmistakably a Morgan, and like all of its predecessors offered exhilarating performance courtesy of a high power-to-weight ratio. In the case of the Aero 8, which gained a 4.8-litre engine in 2008, its combination of 362bhp and a 1,180kg kerb weight was good enough for a top speed of close to 170mph, with 62mph coming up in a little over 4 seconds, putting it firmly in the supercar league.
As Autocar observed: "Modern Morgans have their dynamics underpinned by the company's extensive - and successful - experience in GT racing; one of the Supersports' original roles was actually to homologate a more aerodynamically efficient body shape to help the competition effort." The result can be seen on the Aero 8.
Its Australian owner exported this Aero 8 to the UK in January 2021, and is only selling the car now because of a change of circumstances. Having covered a mere 2,000 or so kilometres from new, the Morgan remains in pristine condition. The car is offered with a dating certificate and MoT to August 2023.
