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• On Automotive Theatre and the Aeromax: A Chat with Charles Morgan [Video]

  In Fast Forward / By Tom Anderson / 12 March 2013

  

  Most of us are familiar with the hallmarks of a born-with-a-silver-spoon-type executive: The spoiled, insulated-from-the-real-world products of nepotism who are at least one generation removed from the founding of the company they now helm. Furthermore, the glide path of a family business is similarly common knowledge: The first generation builds it from the ground up, the second generation nurtures (and occasionally expands) it, and the third generation flies the whole thing into the side of a mountain at Mach 6 (metaphorically speaking). Charles Morgan, however, bucks all of those stereotypes, and probably a few more we didn’t name.

  Charles Morgan, you see, is the grandson of Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan, the man who founded the tiny British sports car manufacturer that bears the family name 103 years ago. And rather than taking one of the typical son-of-the-founder’s-son routes (either “managing” the firm into bankruptcy yourself or spending your board membership stipend on callgirls and lines of coke to do on the smalls of their backs while letting your handpicked yes-men sink the company for you), family man Charles is very much hands-on, and very much cognizant of what Morgan customers want. In this terrific video from XCAR, Charles explains what makes a Morgan a Morgan, specifically as it pertains to the limited edition (as in only 100 were made) Aeromax. And yes, Charles uses his Aeromax as his daily driver.

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• The Top 10 Under-a-Liter Sports Cars of All Time

  In Lists / By Tom Anderson / 19 May 2012

  

  When most people think of sports cars, they probably think of two seats, maybe an open top, and stupendous agility. Of course, that agility tends to be compromised the larger and more powerful a sports car is. Thus, designers and engineers who are serious about giving their new machines genuine handling prowess put a lot of effort into reducing their weight.

  And, as we all know, the lighter a vehicle is, the less power it needs to get moving and keep moving. So it’s only natural that many of history’s smallest sports cars were powered by engines displacing less than one liter (or 61 cubic inches for all you metric-phobes). But rather than try to list all of the sports cars that fit this criteria, we’ll instead tell you about 10 of the most iconic, most entertaining and, yes, cutest members of the under-1,000cc club.

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• The Top 25 Debuts of the 2012 Geneva Motor Show

  In Featured / By Tom Anderson / 7 March 2012

  

  The Geneva Motor Show is one of the auto industry’s best-known rites of Spring. Every March, the motoring world converges on the lakeside Swiss metropolis to gawk at all the new models (vehicular and otherwise) on neutral ground. It’s absolutely one of the crown jewels of the international auto show calendar.

  And because it’s such a prestigious show, the manufacturers tend to bring their best production and concept cars to the Geneva Palexpo. This means picking out the best of the best is a mighty daunting task, which is why we’ve decided to expand the field to 25. We’ve got a lot of ground to cover, so let’s hop to it.

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