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<\/a><\/p>\nThey do things differently in Malvern \u2013 and that\u2019s how we like it<\/p>\n
Driving a performance car in the real world can make you feel like public enemy number one.<\/p>\n
Maybe it\u2019s the overly aggressive styling of most modern driver\u2019s cars, or perhaps it\u2019s simply jealousy. But try pulling out of a busy junction\u00a0in something with a fruity exhaust and a\u00a0sub-4.0sec 0-62mph time, and settle in for the wait as your fellow motorists whizz wilfully by, glaring at you like you\u2019ve just suggested demolishing their house to make way for a McDonald\u2019s drive-through.<\/p>\n
Conversely, try the same move in a 1950s\u00a0MG<\/a> A and you\u2019ll be treated like a hero. People love classics. However, it\u2019s incredibly easy to forget just how much automotive technology has evolved in the past 70 years until you have\u00a0to deal with beam axles and carburettors.<\/p>\n So how do you blend exhilarating modern performance with cheerful, crowd-pleasing vibes? Simple: you buy a Morgan<\/a>. I\u2019ve never been treated better on the road than I have behind the wheel of one of Malvern\u2019s hand-crafted roadsters, and even if I had been sneered\u00a0at, I\u2019d be having too much fun to care.<\/p>\n Operating since 1910 as a successful purveyor of thrummy three-wheelers, Morgan built its first four-wheeled car in 1935 and introduced the Plus 4<\/a> in 1952 \u2013 and then stayed firmly in its lane. The Plus 8<\/a> came about in 1968 with Rover\u2019s legendary V8 up front, but otherwise this was a firm that steered clear of all-out revolution.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, the orders kept coming in (there were 10-year waits at one point), and in 2000\u00a0the Aero 8 was launched alongside the classic Plus models and the V6 Roadster as the first\u00a0all-new Morgan in 32 years.<\/p>\n The looks were divisive, but it\u2019s what was under the skin that made this car so special. A bonded aluminium chassis cradled a current-spec 4.4-litre BMW<\/a> V8, while rose-jointed suspension and double wishbones all around meant the chassis was a world away from the somewhat cart-esque architectures of yore. It was truly modern, but still with a traditional ash wood body frame\u00a0as a nod to the past.<\/p>\n Morgan was on a roll by 2012. If you weren\u2019t a fan of the Aero 8\u2019s gorgeous art deco styling, you could have a Plus 8 instead \u2013 near enough the same car but with a body that looked like it left the factory in 1956.<\/p>\n The 3 Wheeler was brought back to life too, with a thrummy V-twin bursting out of the body between the front wheels. And today\u2019s Morgan line-up is more diverse and characterful than ever before: the laugh-a-minute Super 3<\/a> opens the range with a Ford petrol triple and unique styling; the Plus Four continues as a faithful but usefully modernised evolution of the 1950s original; and the new Supersport<\/a> has landed as a six-figure GT with real Porsche<\/a>-baiting credentials.<\/p>\n Visit the factory and not only will you find cars being beautifully hand-built in a similar way to 100 years ago, but you will also find buzzing engineering and design teams with a slickness and community spirit that\u2019s firmly at odds\u00a0with the firm\u2019s former \u2018old man\u2019 image.<\/p>\n