Over the past 50 years, V8-powered cars were common
at Morgan. Nonetheless, the British company is getting ready for a new era, one
in which the eight-cylinder units will not be featured. Morgan knows the significance of
their V8 models, so they have released a new video that looks back at some of
their most iconic cars.
The clip shows Morgan chief test driver Keith Dalley
on his final V8 test around the Malvern Hills. Mr. Dalley is the person
responsible for putting every aluminum chassis Morgan V8 through its paces, and
admits that, although the change is good for the small British automaker, he’ll
miss these cars.
In 2019, Morgan will introduce an entirely new
sports car. It will use a so-called ‘bonded aluminum fabricated’ chassis
designed in-house, which will be twice as stiff as the one used in previous
flagship Morgans.
Powering it will be “a performance powertrain never
before installed in a Morgan”, according to the automaker. It will be their
“most dynamically capable production” car ever, and its soundtrack can be heard
at the end of the video shared below. The yet-unnamed Morgan sports car
won’t be a direct replacement for the Plus 8 and Aero 8, but it will fill the
space left by their demise.
