• Four previous owners • 28,485 miles from new • Appropriate registration • Supercar performance "You could park the Aero 8 next to anything short of a gold-plated Bugatti and know that it would win the bulk of attention.

The traditional lines and muscular contours manage to refer to Morgan's illustrious sports car past without degenerating into caricature." – Autocar.

The revitalisation of Morgan, for decades regarded as merely a niche producer of traditional - essentially outdated - sports cars, is one of the British motor industry's more unlikely success stories of the 21st Century.

Morgan's new era began in 2000 with the display at the Geneva Motor Show of the Aero 8, an aluminium-chassis roadster powered by a state-of-the-art BMW 4.4-litre V8 engine producing 333bhp and driving via a six-speed gearbox.

The new V8 made for a top speed of 160mph with the 0-62mph dash covered in only 4.8 seconds, putting the Aero 8 firmly in the supercar league.

Although its styling had been ref...