Morgan Plus 8 GTR (2022)

With a total production of just 9 units, the Plus 8 GTR was born when Morgan presented its design team a carte blanche to inaugurate their Special Projects series. The opportunity afforded the team to revisit the venerable Plus 8 that officially ended production in 2018.

Taking cues from Morgan’s racing history, each of the 9 examples are wholly bespoke. Making full use of the unforeseen opportunity, the Plus 8 GTR received BMW’s 4.8 litre, naturally-aspirated, N62 V8 making for the most powerful Morgan ever built, configured for 400bhp. Further performance upgrades saw improvements in throttle response and output over the standard Plus 8.

The GTR draws inspiration from some of the great racing Morgans over the years including one of the Plus 8 development cars, ‘Big Blue’ which raced in the BPR in 1996, and the Aero GT that ran at Le Mans in the early 2000s. These can be seen in the GTR’s wholly bespoke aerodynamic package, one that incorporates the front splitter, sills, rear diffuser, bonnets, removable hardtop and centre lock wheel design.