MORGAN is about to embark on a run of “particular initiatives” which can see the creation of a number of low-volume, high-demand fashions with the Plus 8 GTR set to be the primary.
Restricted to simply 9 models globally, the Plus 8 GTR has been described by model executives as a “gloves off particular version” and can truly be underpinned by a batch of unused, recommissioned rolling chassis from an undisclosed discontinued exterior mission.
All constructed earlier than 2018, the donor platforms are all unused examples of Morgan’s first bonded-aluminium chassis underpinning late mannequin Plus 8s and all will come fitted with a BMW-sourced 4.8-litre V8 petrol engine.
In normal type the V8 produces 270kW of energy, nevertheless the model is promising a variety of choose mechanical upgrades which may in the end see energy be nudged towards the 300kW mark.
No specifics have been revealed but, together with a focused or anticipated energy determine, nevertheless we do know there would be the alternative of both a six-speed handbook or a six-speed ZF computerized transmission obtainable – the ultimate manufacturing break up can be but to be confirmed.
Whereas most Morgans have been constructed within the model’s well-known Pickersleigh Highway facility, the Plus 8 GTR can be constructed on the close by Morgan Design and Engineering Centre.
Based on Morgan head of design Jonathan Wells, the mission could not look like the obvious endeavor at this time limit, but it surely was too good of a possibility to go up.
“When the chance offered itself to recommission numerous rolling chassis and create an thrilling particular mission corresponding to Plus 8 GTR, we embraced it totally,” he mentioned.
“This mission has allowed Morgan’s design and engineering groups to revisit a few of their favorite components of previous Morgan fashions, in addition to experiment with some options that we hope will seem on future Morgan vehicles.”
Sporting all the traditional Morgan styling cues, the Plus 8 GTR will flip issues as much as 11 when it launches by the tip of the 12 months with a much more aggressive bodykit and entrance lighting signature in addition to massive diameter centre-lock alloy wheels, a better shoulder line and a hard-top roof.
When accomplished, the model says the Plus 8 GTR will ship a “uncooked, visceral, loud” driving expertise in step with the racecars its design relies on.
