Category: Miscellaneous News
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Morgan Aero 8 for Oz (http://www.motoring.com.au/)
V8-powered British retro roadster receives Australian Design Rule certification; will cost $270K Morgan Cars Australia has opened the order book for the British car-maker’s latest Aero 8, which has now received federal regulatory approval for local roads and will cost about $270,000 Down Under. That’s an indicative retail price, before options and on-road costs. First…
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Morgan 4/4 80th Anniversary car review: ‘a picture of delight’ (http://www.independent.co.uk/)
The more things change, the more they stay the same. This 80th anniversary special edition Morgan is a nostalgic reprise of a classic car. The famous Morgan 4/4 is 80 years old this year. A special celebratory model is in order, and this is it: the imaginatively titled 4/4 80th Anniversary. The car hasn’t changed…
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Here’s the Very First Production Morgan EV3 (www.roadandtrack.com)
Morgan’s first electric 3-wheeler looks kind of like a happy tarantula. Remember when plucky old-school Morgan blew our hair back by revealing an all-electric 3-Wheeler concept at the Geneva Motor Show? The British motor company has rolled out the very first production versions of the world’s quirkiest new electric car, and it is exactly as charming as the concept. Dubbed…
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Mr Morgan and Mr Selfridge combine for iconic car (http://www.malverngazette.co.uk/)
LEGENDARY car marque Morgan is combining with another famous brand Selfridges to launch the Malvern motor manufacturer’s first zero emission, all-electric car. Both companies were born in England in 1909 and have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to collaborate. Steve Morris, Morgan managing director, explained: “To make this collaboration truly unique, Selfridges and Morgan…
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Charming British automaker Morgan will offer charming hybrid powertrains by 2020 (http://autoweek.com/)
DELTA MOTORSPORT AND POTENZA LEND A HAND If you would have told us 10 years ago that both the mclaren-p1 and the porsche-918-spyder would be hybrids, we would have told you to take a long walk off a short pier. Now we hear the Morgan Motor Co. is building its wooden cars with hybrid powertrains in…
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Morgan 4/4: After 80 Years, Still the World’s Purest Sports Car (http://www.cheatsheet.com/)
They just don’t make them like they used to, do they? The Golden Era of driving may seem to be a moving target (it should be up to the mid-’90s by now), but no matter when it was, we know that things were just better then; before all these safety and emissions regulations, before all these…
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Morgan Resumes Four-Wheeled Vehicle Sales In The U.S. (http://www.topspeed.com/)
British automaker Morgan has announced that its four-wheel models will return to the United States after 10 years of absence through the company’s official U.S. arm, Isis Imports. Previously allowed to sell the 3-Wheeler model only, Isis will, from now on, be able to import the more traditional four-wheeled models thanks to a new law.…
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MORGAN 4/4 80TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (http://www.msn.com/)
Good Show! Morgan Plans to Sell Its Venerable Roadsters in America Again Call us lazy and unpatriotic, but we don’t tend to read more than the first couple of dozen pages of any bit of legislation enacted by the federal government. Others do, however, and an obscure provision in the so-called FAST Act that passed…
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The British government is granting Morgan $8.5 million to develop electrified powetrains
England-based Morgan Motors is out to prove it’s not as old-fashioned as it might seem by developing a handful of electric and hybrid models. Backed by the British government, Morgan is injecting £6 million (a figure that represents about $8.5 million) into its Malvern, England, factory in order to develop clean drive trains with input from…
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Book Review: Morgan International Adventure II
With Britain recovering from World War II, Morgan introduced the new Morgan +4 sports car. Sales were very limited not helped by the scarcity of steel supplies. The Morgan factory needed to sell in the global market and there was no better place to give visibility to the brand than the Le Mans 24 Hour…
