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The Morgan Motor Company designed a modern coupe, the Aeromax
- detritus 3y agoPerhaps useful to note that the car itself was released 18 years ago. It's just this article about the design process that's contemporary.
- drewzero1 3y agoI really wanted one of these when they came out. Now I'd much rather have one of their classic three-wheelers... The mid-2000s styling still looks okay but hasn't aged gracefully. (Or it might just be the silver paint that seemed so cool on everything in the mid-2000s!)
- KennyBlanken 3y agoVery, very little in the automotive world from the mid 2000's aged well. That was the age of: - The Alfa-Romeo 147 which looked like it had fetal alcohol syndrome and the 156 which looked like it was inspired by a parrotfish - Audi taking the wildly successful and good-looking A4/S4 and instead of a refinement of the design instead bloated it up and radically reworked it into monstrosity. Ditto for the C5 platform A6; another huge redesign, which also looked like garbage. - Chris Bangle at BMW managing to ruin one of the most iconic, good-looking luxury performance cars (the E38 7-series) which BMW only slightly refined for several generations until it finally looked half-passable. - Mercedes W210 and W220 platforms. Two of the ugliest, most cheaply/poorly-built Mercedes ever made - Porsche going from one of the most iconic, good-looking sports cars of all time - the 933 - the absolute monstrosity that was the 996, and I'm not talking about it being water-cooled. And then there was the Cayenne, which Jeremy Clarkson said was an incredible technical achievement but he wouldn't be caught dead in it, and famously joked would frighten its owners children: https://youtu.be/z97PYF9QWFY?t=283 https://youtu.be/z97PYF9QWFY?t=283 - VW, a bit late to the game but going from the gorgeous Mk4 Jetta and Golf to the hideous Mk5's. Don't even get me started on how fugly the Passat was, both the horrid Mk3 to the somehow-even-worse B5 A few notable exceptions: - The Corvette C5, which was a massive step up in Chevrolet's game. The Corvette went from looking like an econobox with a big hood to "sports car", and it had the handling and power to match. - The Mazda MX-5 NB and NC - The Mk4 Jetta
- Spastche 3y ago>- The Mazda MX-5 NB and NC lots of people complain about the NC but I've rarely seen complaints about the NB. it's a baby viper!
- drewzero1 3y agoGood rundown... I was about to say I skipped the whole decade going from 80s and 90s cars directly to a 2010s car, but unlike the other mk6 Jettas the wagon version (my current car) was really just a heavily facelifted mk5. The mk4 Jetta was really a great car. My parents both had them in the late 00s and we all loved them, but always kind of wished one of them was a wagon.
- tibbydudeza 3y agoBespoke British sportscars built on small scale in an industrial park selling less than 100 a year to British old money who think owning a Porsche, Rolls Royce Maybach,BMW,Mercedes is too mundane or a Ferrari or Lamborghini is too garish. Lot's of them faded over the years such as Bristol Cars and TVR.
- arethuza 3y agoI really don't think "British old money" was the target market for TVR?
- RajT88 3y ago"Oligarch's rotten 20 year old sons" seems more accurate.
- arethuza 3y agoI remember a time where I was looking for a sensible family car and almost bought a Cerbera 4.5. I ended up buying a BMW that I hated...
- RajT88 3y agoI would guess you'd hate the Cerbera for different reasons. Much more exciting to drive undoubtedly, but also exciting because you never know if you're going to make it to your destination on time. That was the joke about TVR's repeated on Top Gear anyways.
- arethuza 3y agoBut James May said on the Top Gear British Sports car segment that there had been no reported cases of a TVR ever breaking down! I hated the BMW - in and out of the dealers getting fixed and very uncomfortable.
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- dwighttk 3y agoLooks kinda cool, but I think I would prefer it swing the pendulum farther towards the old school if I were in the market… it’s kinda stuck looking like a ultra premium pt cruiser instead of an ultra premium prowler
- Galaxity 3y agoGenuine question, did you mean that to be opposite? That is, it looks like a prowler? I'm looking at photos of the aeromax compared to the PT cruiser and the prowler. It doesn't look anything like a PT cruiser to me, whereas it does have the same body style as a prowler. That being a long front/hood and the cabin towards the rear. Unless there are some design features not noticing.
- dwighttk 3y agoYeah the general shape is more prowler than pt cruiser, but the body smoothing and covering over everything looks pt cruiser to me… I really like the open wheels of the prowler. (What I’m really looking for though is take e.g. the car from Downton Abbey and, while changing the look as little as possible, change the materials and safety and efficiency to be as modern as possible.)
- technothrasher 3y agoTheir current Plus 4 might be more like what you're after. It's definitely a lot closer to the original styling.
- helsinkiandrew 3y agoThey've kept their price fairly well: https://www.carandclassic.com/search?source=search-bar&make=morgan&model=aeromax https://www.carandclassic.com/search?source=search-bar&make=...
- mintone 3y agoI knew Matthew's brother years ago and met him a few times, he now does pretty cool (and reasonably priced) watches: https://www.mhdwatches.com/ https://www.mhdwatches.com/
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- tempodox 3y agoIf something like that had an electric motor, I'd want it.
- JLCarveth 3y ago> The finished product went down well—it came with a 4.4 L V8 motor packing 333 hp (248 kW) and 332 lb-ft (450 Nm), and it made an incredible noise. I would much rather a nice big V8
- talldatethrow 3y agoTechnically that's a small V8 by most American sports car and truck standards.
- Topgamer7 3y agoThere's a guy on YouTube who is building an electric jag of the same body style. He points out that ev's need great aero. And you would literally be better off driving the thing in reverse. Driving it forward is basically like driving a big brick in the wind. Superfastmatt is the yt'er
- warrenmiller 3y agoIf you can go visit their factory. Wonderful meeting of old craft with new motors
- sybercecurity 3y agoFor those in the NoVA/DC area, their is a Morgan repair place that used to sell Morgans: http://morganscustomclassics.com/ http://morganscustomclassics.com/ Looks like they aren't an official dealer anymore, but I would guess they might broker used car deals on occasion. I had been there a long time ago and test drove a Morgan. Impracticable but fun which is what a sports coupe should be I guess.