Tópico Morgan Motor Company

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A Morgan está a passar por uma fase complicada. Não a nivel de finanças, mas de gestão. O descendente directo dos fundadores, Charles Morgan, foi afastado da direcção pela administração, onde se inclui outros membros da família Morgan.
Guerra de familia sobre o futuro da empresa, já com batalhas legais a desenvolver-se. Prevê-se alguma estagnação da marca devido a isso nos próximos tempos.

As actualizações ao threewheeler e plus4 ainda são obra do Charles Morgan.

Daí também o cancelamento do Eva GT, e provavelmente as investidas da Morgan na competição automóvel também devem ser revistas.
Acho que foi uma decisão completamente idiota em afastar o Charles Morgan. Se existiam problemas na forma de ele gerir as coisas, poderiam chegar a outra solução.
Nos últimos anos ele tem sido a cara e principal dinamizador da marca. Desde trazer a marca dos confins da história, modernizando-a com carros como o Aero até criaturas bizarras como o Threewheeler, e fazendo com que a marca vá regressando aos circuitos, como acontecia no passado.
ALém disso deve ser o melhor Relações Públicas que se podia desejar.

Existe algum receio sobre o rumo da marca agora com ele afastado

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[Car and Driver Magazine] Morgan Aero Coupe vs Aston Martin V8 Vantage S (by Jethro Bovingdon)

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[The Hooniverse] - Morgan 3 Wheeler Review

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Morgan Plus 8 Speedster: edición especial a cielo abierto para celebrar 100 años

La británica Morgan es una de esas firmas que siempre encuentra en el corazón de todo aficionado del motor un hueco especial por tradición e historia. Conservar en pleno 2014 una línea de diseño técnico y trazo estilístico a la vieja escuela no es nada fácil, y más aún cuando el fabricante puede catalogarse de revolucionario teniendo entre sus productos figuras tan peculiares como el Morgan 3 Wheeler que hemos probado recientemente en Diariomotor Altas Prestaciones.

Así, y aprovechando el 100 aniversario de la firma, Morgan ha descubierto el Plus 8 Speedster tomando como base el que es uno de sus mejores planteamientos como deportivo. Manteniendo la esencia y diseño original del Morgan Plus 8, esta nueva carrocería Speedster será ofertada en edición limitadaevocando aquellas carreras que discurrían por pistas de tierra y grava con pilotos que disputaban cada kilómetro a cielo abierto sin tan siquiera contar con un mínimo parabrisas.

Edición limitada Speedster para el centenario de Morgan



Los números del Morgan Plus 8 Speedster apenas difieren de la carrocería original, manteniendo la mecánica 4.8i V8 de origen BMWcon 367 CV y las dos posibles transmisiones de origen ZF con seis relaciones en la configuración manual y también 6 relaciones si escogemos el cambio automático por convertidor de par.

Gracias a un chasis construido íntegramente en Aluminio con un peso final del conjunto de sólo 1.100 Kg, el Morgan Plus 8 Speedster es capaz de realizar el 0-100 Km/h en apenas 4,2 segundos, alcanzando una velocidad máxima de 238 Km/h. Eso sí, aunque sus cifras hablen de un deportivo de altos vuelos, no te olvides nunca de tu equipo de guantes, gafas y visera para poder alcanzar semejantes cifras a los mandos de este Speedster.



Morgan hace especial hincapié en que esta variante Speedster será fabricada a partir de Junio en una tirada muy limitada, añadiendo además que cada unidad llevará diseño e identificaciones exclusivas aludiendo al motivo del centenario de la marca. Las primeras unidades del Morgan Plus 8 Speedster serán entregradas a lo largo del próximo verano a un precio de partida de 85.020 €.

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Morgan Aero Supersports

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Morgan Plus 8

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Morgan Plus 8 Speedster

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Caterham Seven 160 vs Morgan 3 Wheeler | evo TRACK BATTLE

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Morgan Plus 8

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Morgan Plus 8 Speedster

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[Teste] - Morgan Plus 8 Speedster - Autocar

What is it?

Fresh from its public debut at Goodwood, this is the new Morgan Speedster; a raked and modestly restyled version of the Plus 8 intended to celebrate 100 years of car-building at the firm’s factory in Malvern.

The changes are skin-deep, yet utterly beguiling up close. Scything the windscreen, side windows, the roof and its mechanism from the Plus 8’s body has uncluttered it to brilliant effect; Morgan is selling the limited-edition concept as stripped-out, but really it’s just clean-lined - and supremely handsome.
In place of the windscreen there’s now a twin-domed bubble of polycarbonate airfoil and, in the car we drive, a roll-over bar behind the headrests. Side exhausts and a leather bonnet strap complete the bygone-era look, although it’s arguably the black alloys posing as steel wheels (another option) which catch the eye when static.

Underneath, it’s pure Plus 8; meaning that were you to undress the surrounding sensuousness, you’d find the same bonded and riveted aluminium chassis beneath an English ash frame that carries the body panels. The Speedster gets the same 4.8-litre BMW V8, too, although Morgan has taken the opportunity to begin its roll out of paddle shifters - hooked up here to the same conventional six-speed automatic gearbox offered before.

What is it like?

When road testing the stock Plus 8 a couple of years ago, we practically told ourselves off in the verdict for a lack of objectivity in the kindly 3-star rating; well, in the Speedster’s case, the rose-tinted blinkers are firmly on long before the keys turn up.

Yes, Morgan has swept away what little all-weather usability the car had - thereby further reducing the days you’d take it out of the garage even further - but in the sepia of early evening sunshine, its dashing appearance consummately knocks such small-minded practicalities for six.
In fact, by the time you’ve fallen into the leather seats, thumbed the V8 into barely silenced life and propped an arm on the Speedster’s louche and low-slung doors, the idea of the thing as an absurdly satisfying piece of automotive confectionary hardens in the mind like Bakelite.

Unlike the Plus 8, it doesn’t completely foil such romanticism out on the road either - which is strange considering the shared nature of practically everything. Perhaps it’s because there’s less gubbings to rattle around with the hodgepodge of so much glass and metal gone. Or because the car rides more consistently on 18-inch wheels than our long-termer did on 19s.

Whatever the reason, the Speedster seems to cover ground far more adequately - even with ones legs in a concessionary tangle to fit the offset, left-hand-drive pedals. The auto ‘box and lusty V8 grunt help of course - offering a zingy step off and so much torque that the ZF transmission rarely decides to downshift; leaving you to happily rummage through the low-range bellow.

Kept here, with much wind in your hair (the case for a helmet plausible; a hat, undeniable) the car’s large-nosed front and big-power rear settles into a jaunty, carefree stride wholly at one with the gentleman-racer image. Only by getting unduly carried away is there commensurately less to like.
Driven beyond briskly, the Plus 8’s familiar foibles pop up; the difficult to modulate brakes, inconsistent steering and a lack of proper honing in the suspension all contribute to a marked shortfall in driver confidence at turn-in. The flimsy new paddles mean the Speedster adds its own blemish, the manual gear changes being baggy and half a second too slow to make much of an impact.

Should I buy one?

Lord, yes. There are going to be just 60 Speedsters, meaning exclusivity can be added to the car’s list of attributes. Perhaps that doesn’t include the kind of flat-chat handling that a hardcore enthusiast would appreciate or the ultimate in English refinement, but the niche audience for either is already very well served by the rest of the low-volume British car industry.

Morgan, as ever, promises something slightly different, and the Speedster represents a wonderfully evocative take on its already idiosyncratic version of a V8-powered open-top. The high price - £70k before you start ticking - isn’t really any kind of impediment given the famously voracious ongoing demand.

Certainly, the factory on Pickersleigh Road has always relied on a certain kind of spellbound subjective affection to fill the order books; the Speedster - following on from the 3-Wheeler - is merely the latest evidence that the right kind of sorcery continues to occur in the Malvern hills.

Morgan Plus 8 Speedster

Price £69,995 (starting) 0-62mph 4.5 secs Top speed 155mphEconomy 26.0mpg Co2 256g/km Kerbweight 1100kg Engine V8, 4799cc, petrol Installation Front, longitudinal Power 390bhp at 6300rpmTorque 370lb ft at 3400rpm Gearbox Six-speed automatic

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How Its Made Dream Cars - Morgan Aero Coupe

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[HittingRedline] - Real Drivers: Morgan 3 Wheeler

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The Morgan SP1 (Special Project 1)

The Morgan SP1 is a one off, bespoke creation that has been commissioned through the Morgan Special Projects Division. See how the project came about and hear how it evolved from the designers and fabricators.

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Morgan SP1 (Special Projects Division)

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Não me agrada nem um pouco o aspecto deste SP1

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Não há por aí muitos à venda em usados, ou é impressão minha? Um 1.8 sem ser da nova geração estrábica...

Azul Francês, por exemplo...

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Morgan SP1 ao vivo:

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How Its Made Dream Cars Season 2 Full Episode 5 Morgan 3 Wheeler

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Morgan Plus 8 Speedster v BMW R Nine T | evo CAR v BIKE

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Morgan +8 Speedster

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