|
Forums39
Topics49,848
Posts837,395
Members9,596
| |
Most Online1,063
Jun 14th, 2026
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 536
Talk Morgan Regular
|
Talk Morgan Regular
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 536 |
Shooter, that was exactly my point when I referred to what I had read though in my previous post I forgot completely about the Aeromax. I'll provide a bottle of champagne (you will have to come and collect it in SW France) to anyone who can provide reasonable data showing that more than 1000 Aero based cars have been built and delivered.
Cheers
Philip
1985 Plus 8 four seater
Malone F1000 - track car
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 7,363
Talk Morgan Guru
|
|
Talk Morgan Guru
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 7,363 |
The other thing to remember was the 'controversy' of CM signing up to 200 4.8 engines which was going to be for circa 100 supersports and other Aero's.
The Coupe, Plus 8 and S5 all seem to have been added to the range to get through that order of 200.
I wonder if many more were really ordered after that engine commitment was all finally used up? My memory is not clear, but didn’t CM sign up to 250 (or was it 300?) engines from BMW? Certainly I think it was over 1000 Aero-chassisied cars produced, but well short of the circa 2000 quoted by MMC... 
Brian
1970 Morgan Plus 8 - Moss Box (Indigo Blue)
2014 Morgan SP1 (Rocket Red)
2015 Morgan Plus 8 (Rocket Blue)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,646 Likes: 1
Talk Morgan Enthusiast
|
|
Talk Morgan Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,646 Likes: 1 |
My memory is not clear, but didn’t CM sign up to 250 (or was it 300?) engines from BMW? Certainly I think it was over 1000 Aero-chassisied cars produced, but well short of the circa 2000 quoted by MMC... Brian, you may be right. Memory is a wonderful thing but often distorted  It may be that 200 were left around the time of the supersport prototype debut. To hazard a guess, I think that somewhere between 1,000 and 1,500 is more likely a number. Someone did try to tell me that 200 S5's had been produced (insert incredulous emoji!) As for DVLA reliability of data, the C0C's and V5's for GTN's don't show correct info. Mind you Ferrari is far worse, in most cases at least up to the mid 80's there was little differentiation between models in DVLA data.
Aero 8 GTN. #10
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 3,550 Likes: 5
Talk Morgan Addict
|
|
Talk Morgan Addict
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 3,550 Likes: 5 |
Maybe it was with a northern accent? "how many produced?" "T'tThousand" 
Mark - No Longer driving Archie the Old English Sheep Mog........... 2010 Roadster 3.0 V6 (S3)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 2,033 Likes: 23
Talk Morgan Expert
|
|
Talk Morgan Expert
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 2,033 Likes: 23 |
I have a copy of the Aero Register back from when the site was active, not a definitive answer but it would help shed some light on numbers with the VINs that are logged (well certainly with the minimum figures).
The register copy I have from Feb17 has the following logged:
Series 1 - 280
Series 2 - 115
Series 3 - 192
Series 4 - 179
Aeromax - 104
No figures on Supersport, Plus 8 or Series 5 though..
Aero 8 GTN #11
"What we do in life.. echoes in eternity."
|
|
|
|
|
