MORGAN PLUS 8

Haynes Great Cars Series

Michael Scarlett Publication: July 2009 · Format: Hardback RRP: £25.00 · ISBN: 978 1 84425 354 8

A celebration of a classically British sports car The fabulous Morgan Plus 8 was introduced in 1968 and remained in productionat the family-owned Morgan factory in Malvern for 36 years. Assembled by hand using traditional methods, the Plus 8 combined traditional British craftsmanship with muscular performance in a uniquely graceful design. Itwas, in many ways, the last of the traditional 'hairy-chested' Britishsports cars, combining old- fashioned styling with prodigious power.

This beautifully produced book, chronicling the complete story of the Plus8, will appeal to all sports car fans, as well as to Morgan owners and enthusiasts.It is a uniquely insightful look into the evolution of Morgan's forme rflagship, by a journalist who has followed the development of the car ever since he conducted the very first press Road Test of the Plus 8 in 1968 forAutocar.

From the development of the first prototype and its delayed launch in 1968,to the end of production in 2004 and the introduction of the Aero 8, this book provides a detailed year-by-year account of the Morgan Plus 8 story.During its life the design remained fundamentally unchanged, although a process of gradual evolution saw a number of detailed changes

The Plus 8f inally bowed out in 2004, to be replaced in the Morgan line-up by the Ford V6-engined Roadster, using many of the Plus 8's body parts and Morgan's traditional construction methods. Here is a celebration of the Morgan Plus 8, featuring a wealth of archive and specially commissioned studio photography. The authoritatively writtenand gloriously illustrated text provides a unique insight into the engineering and evolution of this uniquely British sports car.

 Also available in this fabulous Haynes Great Cars Series are - AC Cobra,Audi quattro, Austin-Healey, Jaguar MkI/II, Jaguar E-type, Jaguar XK,Lamborghini Miura/Countach/Diablo and Murciélago, MGB, Mini and Triumph TR. The author Michael Scarlett is a respected motoring journalist who writesfor numerous newspapers and magazines, including the Daily Telegraph. Afteran engineering career in the aviation and motorsport industries, he joined Autocar magazine as a Road Test rookie, graduating to Technical Editor in 1976.

 He now works as a freelance technical writer and author and his firstbook was Haynes Great Cars: Porsche 911 title. He lives in Oxford.