[HN Gopher] The Morgan Motor Company designed a modern coupe, th...
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The Morgan Motor Company designed a modern coupe, the Aeromax
Author : robin_reala
Score : 49 points
Date : 2024-02-19 11:36 UTC (2 days ago)
(HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
| detritus wrote:
| Perhaps useful to note that the car itself was released 18 years
| ago. It's just this article about the design process that's
| contemporary.
| drewzero1 wrote:
| I really wanted one of these when they came out. Now I'd much
| rather have one of their classic three-wheelers... The
| mid-2000s styling still looks okay but hasn't aged gracefully.
| (Or it might just be the silver paint that seemed so cool on
| everything in the mid-2000s!)
| tibbydudeza wrote:
| Bespoke British sportscars built on small scale in an industrial
| park selling less than 100 a year to British old money who think
| owning a Porsche, Rolls Royce Maybach,BMW,Mercedes is too mundane
| or a Ferrari or Lamborghini is too garish.
|
| Lot's of them faded over the years such as Bristol Cars and TVR.
| arethuza wrote:
| I really don't think "British old money" was the target market
| for TVR?
| RajT88 wrote:
| "Oligarch's rotten 20 year old sons" seems more accurate.
| arethuza wrote:
| I remember a time where I was looking for a sensible family
| car and almost bought a Cerbera 4.5. I ended up buying a
| BMW that I hated...
| RajT88 wrote:
| I would guess you'd hate the Cerbera for different
| reasons. Much more exciting to drive undoubtedly, but
| also exciting because you never know if you're going to
| make it to your destination on time.
|
| That was the joke about TVR's repeated on Top Gear
| anyways.
| arethuza wrote:
| But James May said on the Top Gear British Sports car
| segment that there had been no reported cases of a TVR
| ever breaking down!
|
| I hated the BMW - in and out of the dealers getting fixed
| and very uncomfortable.
| RajT88 wrote:
| I might be thinking of the couple TVR Tuscan segments
| they did.
|
| All the articles on british motoring sites make specific
| reference to reliability problems:
|
| https://www.evo.co.uk/tvr/tuscan/22788/tvr-
| tuscan-1999-2006-...
|
| "TVRs have always been love-or-hate cars and the lack of
| safety features such as ABS or traction control will
| immediately deter some, as will stories of endless
| breakdowns."
|
| https://archive.is/VylZ5
|
| That whole article, lol.
| AeroNotix wrote:
| Wrong. Just plain wrong.
|
| TVR back in the day was literally for British hooligans.
| The car was built on a small scale in Blackpool of all
| places to compete with much higher-end manufacturers.
|
| The fact that the end game for TVR was handled so poorly
| doesn't and should never retroactively change what the
| company's mission was, which was to build powerful British-
| style sports cars for enthusiasts.
|
| Being a Blackpool lad myself - the first day I saw a TVR
| Tuscan roll out of the Bispham factory will be something I
| never forget.
|
| They were working class heroes back in the day. They were
| approaching affordable for a lot of people, raw, powerful
| and styled in an otherworldly way.
|
| The loss of TVR is a loss for all car enthusiasts. I don't
| think we'll see another manufacturer like them.
| dwighttk wrote:
| Looks kinda cool, but I think I would prefer it swing the
| pendulum farther towards the old school if I were in the
| market... it's kinda stuck looking like a ultra premium pt
| cruiser instead of an ultra premium prowler
| Galaxity wrote:
| Genuine question, did you mean that to be opposite? That is, it
| looks like a prowler?
|
| I'm looking at photos of the aeromax compared to the PT cruiser
| and the prowler. It doesn't look anything like a PT cruiser to
| me, whereas it does have the same body style as a prowler. That
| being a long front/hood and the cabin towards the rear.
|
| Unless there are some design features not noticing.
| dwighttk wrote:
| Yeah the general shape is more prowler than pt cruiser, but
| the body smoothing and covering over everything looks pt
| cruiser to me... I really like the open wheels of the
| prowler.
|
| (What I'm really looking for though is take e.g. the car from
| Downton Abbey and, while changing the look as little as
| possible, change the materials and safety and efficiency to
| be as modern as possible.)
| karlshea wrote:
| The Excalibur was exactly that, they were made in Milwaukee
| until 1990.
| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_(automobile)
| dwighttk wrote:
| Nice
| technothrasher wrote:
| Their current Plus 4 might be more like what you're after. It's
| definitely a lot closer to the original styling.
| dwighttk wrote:
| Oh yeah. That's the ticket
| helsinkiandrew wrote:
| They've kept their price fairly well:
|
| https://www.carandclassic.com/search?source=search-bar&make=...
| mintone wrote:
| I knew Matthew's brother years ago and met him a few times, he
| now does pretty cool (and reasonably priced) watches:
| https://www.mhdwatches.com/
| tempodox wrote:
| If something like that had an electric motor, I'd want it.
| JLCarveth wrote:
| > The finished product went down well--it came with a 4.4 L V8
| motor packing 333 hp (248 kW) and 332 lb-ft (450 Nm), and it
| made an incredible noise.
|
| I would _much_ rather a nice big V8
| Topgamer7 wrote:
| There's a guy on YouTube who is building an electric jag of the
| same body style.
|
| He points out that ev's need great aero. And you would
| literally be better off driving the thing in reverse.
|
| Driving it forward is basically like driving a big brick in the
| wind.
|
| Superfastmatt is the yt'er
| warrenmiller wrote:
| If you can go visit their factory. Wonderful meeting of old craft
| with new motors
| sybercecurity wrote:
| For those in the NoVA/DC area, their is a Morgan repair place
| that used to sell Morgans: http://morganscustomclassics.com/
|
| Looks like they aren't an official dealer anymore, but I would
| guess they might broker used car deals on occasion. I had been
| there a long time ago and test drove a Morgan. Impracticable but
| fun which is what a sports coupe should be I guess.
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