Tasteful but not highly dramatic as Aeroman's Rocket Red

seriously? white? I am on moggie on this one and I would add that to my opinion it doesnt bring anything to the car.

I like it, I saw a baloon white aero 8 recently which looked good. This is better. The A SS is so atractive it would look great, even covered in mud.

love the car, it could do with some airbrush work all round.
Union jacks on all sides would fly the flag, compass points on the roof?

A lovely, understated colour

(Has the boot lid not been shut properly? otherwise I would hope for better shut-lines on a £135k car)

Brian

Very tasteful

This picture looks a bit "strange" to me. The narrow window and the high rear end give give me an impression of a pick-up truck. ...sorry...

It's the fact it doesn't have sidepipes that bothers me to be honest. How could you miss out on one of the best design details on the car?

once again the tailpipes Vs. sidepipes topic rears its head again :P

im liking the white - lots of glamour

though, i think the car looks a bit funny from the back.... that flat triangular bit looks like the deck of a boat to me. :S

That's the look Young-one, like many coach-built pre-war cars, see the Auburn Boat-tailed Speedster for example



Got to agree with you Rich, forgetting about the much better sound, the rear exhausts spoil the look of the car on the road imho, as you can see the rear boxes and the o-rings hanging down. The rear body is far too sculpted for this imposition.

Here's another interesting photo of a boat-tailed Darmont/Morgan.

Boat-tail is part of the Morgan DNA

http://www.labaule.maville.com/actu/actudet_-elegance-en-automobile-a-La-Baule-_loc-1030588_actu.Htm

Gorgeous photo Aerobic and an important point.

P.S. What news on your own SuperSport?

ah that makes a lot more sense, not that i can see where they got the style from

There has been a cross-fertilisation between cars and boat styling which carries on until today. Pre-war as we've seen it was the boat-tails. Post-war there were the Italian barchetta's or little boats, of which the most famous (and original) was probably the Le Mans winning Ferrari 166MM. The name came from a famous Italian journalist on first sighting the car!

Basically, it was an open 2-seater sports car that was built for racing by Touring. Weight and wind-resistance were kept to a minimum, and any unnecessary equipment or decoration was sacrificed to performance. Some barchetta's have no windscreen; others, a shallow racing-type screen or aero screens.

The classic barchetta quite often had no doors, in which case entry and egress is made by stepping over the side of the car, or very small doors without exterior handles.



The AC Ace, the forerunner of the AC Cobra was supposed to have been inspired by the Ferrari Barchetta, when it was designed in the early 50's. I think that it certainly has a similar 'feel' to it.

Ferrari resurrected the Barchetta name for the Ferrari 550, but this was just a convertible without a proper hood. I guess the modern car with the most boat feel to it must be the RR Phantom Convertible with optional teak rear-deck.

You must feel as much the captain of a custom-built motor yacht as the driver of a uniquely crafted motorcar ...



P.S. 'Scuse the poor photos, Photobucket is playing up!