Originally Posted By M3W
Originally Posted By deanroyal

Scaling down (and developing) a platform has very little to do with size of the finished car. More to adapt the construction (plus 8 solution in this case) to the different weight, load and bhp/torque figures. When developing a new plattform it is also a golden opportunity to take a step away from the traditional "component+bracket+fitting - thinking" and think more "integrated" and clever solutions (exhaust, tank, engine, gearbox, glass, being a part of the load carrying constuction). Resulting in a lighter and faster to build/service car...To do all this and to still keep the heritage alive and the "vintage" trad enthusiasts will be the great challenge.


IMO Morgan need to take a side step and look at developing cars that don't need so much attention, they must realise that there is a lot of a new age population that do not know there way around under the skin, i read with interest the amount of Morgan owners who are mechanically minded, but this generation and past are slowely disapearing, that leaves a generation that are IT literate and not so much mechanically minded, they will not be willing to tinker and that will result in high maintanance costs from the dealers.

Last edited by deanroyal; 12/04/12 11:59 AM.
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