page_title: Morgan Aero 8
section_title: Aero Supersports
hierarchical_section_title: Morgan Aero 8 / Aero Supersports
caption_attribution_description: English: Morgan Aero Supersports 2010 rear
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: (2009-2016) - estimated number produced 180
  The Morgan Aero SuperSports is a targa-roofed development of the AeroMax platform.
  Presented in 2009 at Villa d’Este Elegance Concours to celebrate the 100 years of Morgan,  the Supersports shares the same chassis, engine and transmission of the Aero 8 Series 4. The Aero Supersports presented at Villa d'Este was based on AeroMax. Main differences with the production model are: different position of the fuel tank, the refill fuel cap on the rear wheel arch, smaller boot (targa roof panels could not fit into the boot) and two fancy champagne bottle and glass holders behind the seats. The rear of the car retained the Lancia Thesis rear lights and wing shape but had a boat tail style with a comparatively large practical boot.
  Charles Morgan visited Jay Leno's Garage in a Supersports
caption: Morgan Aero Supersports 2010 rear
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