page_title: Morgan Aero 8
section_title: Plus 8
hierarchical_section_title: Morgan Aero 8 / Plus 8
caption_attribution_description: English: Morgan Aero Plus 8
context_page_description: The Morgan Aero 8 was a sports car built by Morgan Motor Company at its factory in Malvern Link, England.
  The Aero 8 shape evolved in the traditional Morgan way of form follows function and the main players were Chris Lawrence, Charles Morgan and other members of the Morgan Engineering Team, and Norman Kent of Survirn Engineering Ltd - especially for the tooling of the Aero wings.
  The AeroMax, Aero Supersports and Aero Coupe were designed by the firm's designer Matthew Humphries. Matthew sent the basic design of it to Charles Morgan when he was at Coventry University and joined Morgan on a KTP programme.
  Radshape were heavily involved in the chassis and Superform with much of the body panels, both companies eventually producing for MMC when the car was launched.
  The Aero 8 is notable for several reasons, primarily because it is the first new Morgan design since 1964's +4+. It was touted as Morgan's first supercar and undertook a comprehensive development programme including endurance testing at BMW's huge proving grounds L'Autodrome de Miramas. It does not use anti-roll bars, an oddity in a modern sporting car.
context_section_description: (2012-2019) - estimated number produced 300
  The new Plus8 was introduced in 2012 using the Aero 8 platform, 4.8L engine and manual or automatic gearbox. The body is intended to match the style of the traditional model with the same shape wings and rear panels. It also has an interior more like the traditional model with central dials, removable side-screens and a traditional soft-top. Where the Aero cars have a boot the Plus 8 has a rear shelf behind the seats but no boot. In most cases the owners mount a luggage rack.
  When the Aero 8 Series 5 was launched Morgan updated the rear suspension design of the Plus 8 to match that of the Aero, generally cars built in 2015 have Aero 8 Series 4 rear suspension, and cars build from 2016 have the Series 5 suspension. 
  When viewed from the front the additional width makes it look lower and broader than the traditional cars. With the lower weight due to the reduced bodywork the car is among the quickest using the Aero platform but can have a more lively handling balance.
  The Plus8 is the lightest V8 passenger car in the world approved to European safety standards. The car also has one of the stiffest chassis of all the convertible roadsters available today.
  As the limited supply of BMW 4.8L V8 engines ran out Morgan produced a final batch of 50 Plus 8 models labeled Plus 8 50th Anniversary to celebrate the models 50 years of production through the Rover based Traditional model onto the Aero platform.
caption: Morgan Aero Plus 8
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