The Series 5 Aero 8 brought back a classic Morgan touch: a fabric roof that folds away into the rear parcel shelf, leaving a flat deck behind the seats.
Median 553 hp across 19 similar cars
Lead trim: 4.8 BMW V8
Morgan Aero 8 Series 52016–2018
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FactThe Series 5 Aero 8 brought back a classic Morgan touch: a fabric roof that folds away into the rear parcel shelf, leaving a flat deck behind the seats.
At the Geneva Motor Show in March 2015 Morgan announced that the Aero 8 would be revived with a Series 5 model, which reintroduced a soft top to the Aero range while still using the same BMW 4.8L V8 engine with a manual or automatic gearbox (with a paddle option for the auto). The rear design was more akin to the boat tail of the Supersports, with the Lancia Thesis lights and curves, and the Series 5 has completely new front and rear suspension, with anti-roll bars and outboard conventional wishbones and coil-over units. As the supply of BMW V8 engines came to an end a final run of eight Aero GTs was released at £145,000, and the Aero chassis was retired to be replaced with the new CX aluminium platform.
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Trims & Figures
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 BMW V8 | 2016–2018 | 4.8 L V8 | 362 hp | 370 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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The Series 5 Aero 8 brought back a classic Morgan touch: a fabric roof that folds away into the rear parcel shelf, leaving a flat deck behind the seats.
Morgan priced the AeroMax over £100,000, the first Morgan ever to cross that line.
Morgan's hand-built lightness did something BMW's own saloons couldn't: the Series 4 Aero 8 passed Euro 6 emissions with the same 4.8-litre V8 that failed in heavier BMWs.
Morgan built this version specifically to fix the earlier Aero 8's infamous cross-eyed face — and then built barely 200 of the corrected cars before moving on.
To sell the hand-built Aero 8 in America, tiny British manufacturer Morgan had to move the fuel tank just to satisfy US rear-impact crash rules.
The Aero 8’s famous "cross-eyed" headlights weren’t designed from scratch — they’re VW Beetle lights, reversed to hit the right aerodynamic angle.
Rivals
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