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One of the most popular new cars at Geneva is, surprisingly (or not, depending on your viewpoint), the Morgan Plus 8.
Morgan Plus 8 celebrates 50 years at Geneva
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Its shiny blue bodywork elicited sighs from many of the big-brand PRs who couldn't get away from their stands to go and see it and had to make do with our photos.
The new Plus 8 has been built as a 50th-anniversary celebration for Morgan and the last hurrah for the naturally aspirated V8 in the cars. Named after the eight-cylinder engine underneath the hand-built body, just 6,000 of these cars have been built by Morgan in the last half-century.
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Under the bonnet is BMW's 4.8-litre V8, which powers this 1,100kg car to 62mph in 4.8 seconds. Just 50 examples will be built.
The blue-lacquered paint is reminiscent of the first Plus 8 Morgan built, with yellow paint around the front grill, along the bonnet and by the rear towing eye.
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A former Motoring Editor at the Telegraph, Erin Baker combines a bike licence and race licence with a love of high-speed cars and penchant for embarrassingly low-speed crashes. Now she has two sons, she’s largely put her leathers to one side, preferring the cut and thrust of automotive industry debates and wondering which cars have Isofix…
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