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Will they actually physically build any? If they are laying off Super3 production staff then...?

With disrespect, I disagree. I think this is finally an fascinating example of the automobile design art.

Let's start off with some basics, that the automobile form must adghere to. SuperForm moulds cost an immense amount to create and there is a costly process to take one out and put another in.
[i]or at least they was when I was given a tour in 2002.[/i That is why so many vintage Morgans have to lose there original shape when they appeal to the Factory for new wings. For example, of the
nine wings used on Morgan Plus 8s, only one is available now always requiring the purchase of two wings rather than one and a different looking Morgan than the original. I ignore price, it is merely
something to manufacturers decide. It does not necessarily have anything to do with cost

I mention this for two reasons,

1, as a warning for buyers/restorers repairers of pre Superform Morgans (approximately 40,000 of the 50,000 on the road).

2. and to suggest that the has a stockpile of original moulds. If you examine this cute assembly of them, you will come to conclusion that it is a compromise of many pre-existing body parts,,and IMHO,
brilliantly done by Pininfarina, a respected design team rather than by a middle-aged business man with crayons. It is based on the AERO variants by Pinafarina, professional designers of note
and thehave come up with pleasing rsult from current defunct Aero parts.

3. The biggest issue was always the difficulty in placing a US configuration V8, slim enough put the LS series into a trad dimensions chassis and body. This one is made to house the wider BMWs and
no longer looks odd doing so. Rather than designing new Star Wars cars to replace a beloved 1936 classic shape.. Instead, they have moved styling from to a 1950s/60 classic format..(in the Xl140 type).
They are wise to do so. The world is flooded with Star Wars knock offs. They bore me silly.:(

They have thankfully dropped the hyper modern Aero front headlamps (which many will remember was a unfortunate beginning for the first Aero). The lamps are now a cost saving while being smarter
looking. The rear is the best Aero rear I have seen yet..even better than the Aero1...though very similar. I put in a colage of this rear, the roiginal rear an the last rear.

The front end still seems to use a faux grille (no opening behind) but the airflow below is very smart. The too-truncated grille is a result of them not realizing that the added width of the cowl requires a
wider grille..or one must compensate with a small show grille. This is easily cured. The wood thingie over the doors is inexplicable by anything but some obscure automobile regulation, I have sloppily
swapped in a normally Morgan windscreen. I would prefer one with a curvature. But the ones displayed seem silly. With a full windscreen..weather gear is easy.

The interesting thing is that this design resembles nothing so much as the modification of the of the dear departed David Lambs Aero I modified by Steve Simmonss. (below) It was received as complete
heresy here at the time. (I took off the windscreen on the Simmonds car to give a better comparison) I also like the thick strip of polished stainless at the bottom's sides. Not only is protective in a very
vulnerable area, but it visually makes the car seem less bulky, much like the profile of the first Aero after the doors where converted from DHC doors which I always felt make the Aeros a little heavy looking. . .

Yes if the rest of the spec was interesting, and the price fair, I would buy one. My guess with his one is that it is analogous with the Aeromax. If it is well received, it will replace the Plus Six and the SuperSports
replaced the Aeromax. That would be smart.

This is first new regime design. I am encouraged.

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They've definitely built one.

Whilst I am not excited by the mickeymousing overall I do agree that the back end is a new and attractive treatment. As mentioned it does look like an Aero S1 low tail which was cooler than the bustled S2 onwards models (IMHO)
If someone told them to "make it look like a trad Mog but not" then they hit it. It was just that, like google search results, page 2 should have been read as well - capture the soft fine curves of a Morgan. Instead I think they got a google translate saying, fit a car & car conversions 1980s (chrome plated) plastic sill & body kit to it?

I can get the fair-weather country sales only vibe but that doesn't stop the door treatment being downright stupid.

I really don't 'get' the kink in the sweepdown of the front wings into the running board, compared to the Aero and Trads it looks blinkin awful

Dave
The answer to your questions is Yes, Yes and Yes. If you are in, you are in. Most of us are out.

Like that angle too. I accept that I have fairly rose tinted specs when it comes to Morgan (apart from the early Aeros - I still can't convince myself about the front and rear views) but I do think it is a beautifully designed car. I do own a pininfarina designed classic, so perhaps it just hits my stylistic buttons

There are elements of it I like but the execution of the wood over the doors just doesn't work for me.

They've left the leather roll pad in place, which no longer serves it's purpose, and thus makes the wood look like an aftermarket add-on.