Lorne,
One reason in GB was that (some) dealers sold new Aero 8s with heavy discounts. When I was in Malvern in February 2003 a Morgan agent, located not far from Malvern, offered an unregistered Aero 8 (285 miles) for less than 46,000 GBP in a Sunday paper. I don't remember what the list price was in 2003 (59,000 GBP????).
Roderich