Morgan to launch a sports car in 2019 with all-new bonded aluminium platform

According to a report, a British sports car manufacturer Morgan Motor Company has confirmed to launch an all-new sports car in 2019 to mark the firm’s 110-year anniversary.

The new model, known internally as the ‘Wide Body’, is set to use an all-new bonded aluminium platform. Details are scarce, but per the company’s report, the new car will feature "a powertrain never before installed in a Morgan".

This year marks the 50th and the final year of the Malvern-based maker fitting V8 engines to its cars. The final examples of the Aero 8 and Plus 8, fitted with BMW’s N62 V8, will be kept for Morgan’s heritage fleet.

Morgan claims that its to-be-launched sports car will be positioned above the Roadster, Plus4, and 4/4 in terms of performance, but not designed to be a direct replacement for the outgoing Plus 8 and Aero 8.

The new car’s chassis will reportedly be twice as stiff as the aluminium chassis used in the previous flagship Morgans, which together with the new engine "will result in the most dynamically capable production Morgan ever", according to the firm.

Graham Chapman, Morgan's technology director, says next year's launch "is the culmination of several years of unprecedented development in design and engineering for Morgan. This has produced the most advanced development programme in Morgan's history, the results of which we cannot wait to share with our customers worldwide.”