The Powerful 325 HP 2005 Morgan Aero 8
The 2005 Morgan Aero 8 featured in this article is lightweight and powerful. Here you have a terrific looking sports car with a 4.4 L V-8 engine delivering 325 horsepower on a bonded aluminum frame. This model has a rated maximum speed of 160 MPH.
Launched in 2001, the new Aero 8 was Morgan's first aluminum bodied road car. The design of this car is familiar but different. The car really is something special. The Morgan Aero 8 is lightweight, powerful and effortlessly stylish.
The Morgan Aero Eight is a real performance car. On this 2,500 lb. automobile is a 32 valve BMW VANOS V-8 engine with a 10.0:1 compression ratio and Bosch fuel injector. This automobile is very conservatively rated at 325 HP and 330 foot pounds of torque
Transmission is a six speed manual.
Brakes are AP Racing with cast iron discs.
The 2005 Morgan Aero 8 has a very sophisticated suspension system. Front suspension is a long cantilever upper arm with lower wishbone and inboard Eibach coil springs over Koni shock absorbers. Rear suspension is made up of independent long transverse wishbones with cantilever mounted,fully floating inboard Eibach coil springs over Koni shock absorbers.
Dimensions for the 2005 Morgan Aero Eight include an overall outside length of 162.0 inches, a wheelbase of 99.4 inches, a width of 69.0 inches, a height of 47.0 inches. All body panels are aluminum.
Rated performance for this Morgan model includes zero to 60 in 4.3 seconds and the quarter mile in 12.3 seconds.
Morgan cars offer a unique blend of charisma, craftsmanship and performance. The Morgan Aero Eight is a sleek aerodynamic styled car. On top of that all of these automobiles are hand built. Every car is expertly hand crafted using three core elements: ash, aluminium and leather.
The Aero 8 is notable for several reasons. Primarily because it is the first new Morgan design since the Morgan Plus 8, which was released in 1968. It is also the first Morgan vehicle with an alloy chassis (the Aero 8 features a CAD-designed Aluminum alloy adhered to a wood frame as opposed to previous Morgan vehicles that were built on a steel chassis).
The Morgan Aero Eight is a real performance car. On this 2,500 lb. automobile is a 32 valve BMW VANOS V-8 engine with a 10.0:1 compression ratio and Bosch fuel injector. This automobile is very conservatively rated at 325 HP and 330 foot pounds of torque
Transmission is a six speed manual.
Brakes are AP Racing with cast iron discs.
The 2005 Morgan Aero 8 has a very sophisticated suspension system. Front suspension is a long cantilever upper arm with lower wishbone and inboard Eibach coil springs over Koni shock absorbers. Rear suspension is made up of independent long transverse wishbones with cantilever mounted,fully floating inboard Eibach coil springs over Koni shock absorbers.
Dimensions for the 2005 Morgan Aero Eight include an overall outside length of 162.0 inches, a wheelbase of 99.4 inches, a width of 69.0 inches, a height of 47.0 inches. All body panels are aluminum.
Rated performance for this Morgan model includes zero to 60 in 4.3 seconds and the quarter mile in 12.3 seconds.
The Aero 8 is notable for several reasons. Primarily because it is the first new Morgan design since the Morgan Plus 8, which was released in 1968. It is also the first Morgan vehicle with an alloy chassis (the Aero 8 features a CAD-designed Aluminum alloy adhered to a wood frame as opposed to previous Morgan vehicles that were built on a steel chassis).
All of this is from a company that spent it's first 36 years building three wheeled vehicles. The Morgan Motor Company has a long history which is detailed below...
The Morgan Motor Company
The Morgan Motor Company was established in Britain in 1910 by Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan. The company built it’s early reputation with their three wheeled vehicles.Morgan began his career as a railway apprentice, but in 1906, and with the encouragement of his clergyman father, opened a garage in Malvern Link. Three years later he designed a lightweight chassis for a three wheeler to use an air cooled vee-twin engine and employ a tiller for steering.
The Morgan Motor Company today produces automobiles in Malvern Link, United Kingdom. The company assembles all vehicles by hand and the waiting list for ordered cars can be in years.
The Morgan Motor Company built three wheelers from it’s inception in 1910 all the way until 1952. The first Morgan four wheel automobile was the 1936 Morgan 4/4 Series 1. The company through a subsidiary began once again building three wheelers in 2012. The Morgan Motor Company today builds a variety of two and four seat roadsters as well as a coupe and three wheelers.
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2005 Morgan Aero 8 Valuations
There are several Morgan car clubs in the U.S. A good listing of these clubs and clubs around the world can be found at www.gomog.com.
Valuations today average in a range of about $60,000 to $80,000 depending of course on condition, mileage, etc. This would be in the average to high retail value range.
Probably the best book out there about the history of the Morgan Car Company is..Morgan: 100 Years: The Official History of the World's Greatest Sports Car by author Charles Morgan.
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