The venerable Morgan Plus 8 was hand-built in Malvern for 51 years. We drive the final roadster, which now resides in the factory museum. Tim Pitt. February 19, 2021. Every one of the 800-or-so.
The Morgan Plus 8 was wider and more imposing than its predecessors. In the early cars, the overall width was 4ft 9in, with a track of 4ft 1in. This spread wider in years to come when in August of 1973, the track was measured at 4ft 3in at the front and 4ft 4in at the rear, with the total width equalling 4ft 11 in.
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Back in '68, Morgan launched the Plus 8 with a 3.5-liter V-8; this new car is powered by a thumping 4.8-liter V-8 supplied by BMW and hooked up to a six-speed manual gearbox. Morgan has worked.
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Morgan Plus 8. A late entry into the "American V8 in a British car" club in 1968, the Plus 8 was a particularly successful application of the formula thanks to its light weight and time-proven chassis. Rover-sourced engines (built on license from Buick) grew over time from 3.5 to 4.6 liters, and European-market consumers even got a 4.8-liter.
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Undercutting the Plus 8 new and now, not much slower and rather more comfortable, the TR6 is still a macho sports car with great looks. Beware rot, neglect and slower carb models. Sold 1968-'76 • No. built 91,850 • Mpg 21-30 • 0-60mph 8.2 secs • Top speed 120mph • Price new £2602 (1975) • Price now £13-25,000.
The naturally aspirated BMW V8 delivers 375 horsepower. Dec 9, 2021 at 7:36am ET. By: Adrian Padeanu. Following a design sketch released in February as a teaser, Morgan is fully revealing the Plus.
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The Morgan Plus 8 is one of the best-selling cars ever made by the storied British automaker. It remained in production from 1968 until 2004 and there have been two newer production cars released since that borrowed its name and its V8-powered spirit. The Plus 8 was developed in the late 1960s based on the earlier Morgan Plus 4 platform, a car.
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Three years ago, the last Morgan Plus 8 rolled off the line at the Pickersleigh Road factory in Malvern, Worcestershire. Or so Morgan thought, until the discovery of nine unused Plus 8 platforms. The V8 Morgan would live again… Endowed with the GTR moniker, the first of these Plus 8s has now completed build, and it's unlike any Plus 8 ever.
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It's a special engine, one found in all of Morgan's Plus 8 and Aero models in recent years. Its 4.8-litres produces 367bhp and 361lb ft, and with just 1,100kg to shift in this Plus 8 Speedster.
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14 Morgan Plus 8 for sale. 1971 Morgan Plus 8 - !! 1. Hand, original Pappbrief !! aus Sammlung . EUR 49900. 1975 Morgan Plus 8. EUR 36800. 1996 Morgan Plus 8. EUR 59500. 1999 Morgan Plus 8 - Roadster. EUR 67500. 1997 Morgan Plus 8 - 4.6 L. EUR 79800. 1991 Morgan Plus 8 - aus 2. Hand, schmale Version.
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Morgan Plus 8 (1968 to 2022) The Morgan Plus 8 was a series of sports cars introduced in 1968. The Plus 8, also referred to as the +8, was based on the Morgan +4, but was powered by a Rover-sourced V8 engine. This model was offered as an open top roadster with drive going to the rear wheels through manual or automatic transmissions.
The Last Morgan Plus 8 Celebrates the Lunacy of Dropping a V-8 into a Featherweight Sports Car The 50th Anniversary special edition is a send-off for the V-8 Morgan roadsters. Published: Nov 5, 2018
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In August 2018, my 1969 Morgan Plus 8 was comprehensively destroyed in a mudslide during a severe rainstorm, but in October I heard through my local club - the Pacific Morgan Owners' Group (PacMOG) - that an iconic car might be coming to the market.. The car, known here in British Columbia as 'GB's last Morgan', was a 1972 Plus 8. Come the end of November, it was safely tucked up.
What is less spectacular is the fuel-efficiency of the Plus 8. Light cars usually fare well, even those with big engines, but during our track tests, the Morgan gave us 15.1mpg. Overall, it.
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It's an enigma, the Morgan Plus 8 and has been for much of the past 50 years. Produced by a firm which defiantly appeared to resist progress and preferred to cling doggedly to its old-fashioned wood-framed bodywork and labour-intensive hand assembly methods, the Plus 8 also had the distinction of being Britain's fastest-accelerating car at one point, exhibiting a fearsome pace which belied.