Originally Posted By Boshly
So a trad (+8 in this case) is defined by it's chassis? Can't be it's engine as there have been far too many iterations, but as this car has the Aero family chassis and a trad body it's an Aero?

I personally always felt the trad definition was mostly the body/shape with the cutaway doors, sliding windows and a simplicity of purpose? As such to me, and I accept it's an opinion, and to some others the new +8 is far more trad than Aero?
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I have met those that think any Morgan less than 30 or 40 years old is not a "true" Morgan.

It has to be accepted that the Morgan company is a living and healthy entity and change to meet modern standards is inevitable. It is only a "dead" make like, for example, Brough motorcycles that can forever remain unchanged. (The term "dead" used in the same sense as calling Latin or Ancient Greek dead languages)

My thought is that the new modern techniques used in the construction and specifications of the New Plus 8 may give rise to a whole new family of traditional style, but still hand built, Morgans. If so this is not something to regret.

Peter

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