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Return of Morgan’s classic 3 Wheeler confirmed, with prices starting from £30,000.

Morgan 3 Wheeler

By Tom Phillips

February 2011

The Morgan 3 Wheeler is back! For the first time in 58 years, Morgan is planning to offer its classic motorbike-engined 3 Wheeler for sale again next year. Thoroughly updated, with new technology, materials and engines, the 3 Wheeler costs from £30,000. 

 

Around 30,000 examples of the original model were built between 1909 and 1953. But while the new version retains the old school looks, Morgan has thoroughly updated the design. For a start, power is now delivered to the single rear wheel by a 115bhp V Twin engine built by specialists S&S, which is mated to a five-speed gearbox sourced from Mazda.

Thanks to the fact that the 3 Wheeler weighs in at around 500kg, Morgan predicts that the car will complete the 0-60mph sprint in 4.5 seconds and hit 115mph flat out.

The car is features an aircraft-style cockpit, including details like a bomb-release starter button, which Morgan claims “indulges the feeling of flying through the air.” The chassis is built from tubular steel, with twin roll bars for safety, and clad in aluminium body panels.

Buyers get the choice of eight colours, gloss black detailing and a choice of black or tan leather interiors. As with all of Morgan’s cars, a high degree of personalisation will be offered, including polished brightwork and aircraft-inspired decals. Prices will be announced after the car’s launch at the Geneva Motor Show.

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15 Comments

This is what Britain is all about

Oh to drive/ride/fly one in English country lanes!
Morgan - you are unique and more power to you.

By IlMostro on 25 February, 2011, 6:56pm

Will Ginger buy it?!

Love it! Love it! Love it!

Stupidly impractical but probably the most fun to be had on four wheels, sorry make that that three wheels.

Don't tell me, the launch will be outside the Brandenburg Gate with a Spitfire flying overhead...

By ajjm65 on 26 February, 2011, 8:43am

£30,000 and you only get 3 wheels!!!

By hardboiled on 26 February, 2011, 12:32pm

Why?

Looks about as desirable as a broken bidet. Try as hard as I can I just cannot see the point of this hideous looking thing.

By SLKManiac on 27 February, 2011, 8:55pm

astonish

How can they justify £30K for this? you would have to have more money than sense to buy

By astonish1 on 1 March, 2011, 4:56am

Rock & Roll !

Trust me, ride in one of these and you'll understand what it's all about. Even the originals make a Westfield seem tame. Blast around the Malvern Hills with a hamper full of Pimms and salmon sandwiches on the back and you'll be back in 1945 with the sound of Spitfires in your ears. And just watch everyone stop laughing when it blows away a BMW M3 from the lights.

By craiglife on 1 March, 2011, 11:03am

3 wheeled Morgan

Just watched the video and smiled, can't remember the last car to do that !

Certainly not your usual two seat performance car

Well Done Morgan make mine Blue

By sherbo1959 on 1 March, 2011, 4:42pm

Zimmer frame on wheels.

The Morgan 3 Wheeler is back!

By toycollector on 1 March, 2011, 7:28pm

chocks away

Brilliant british engineering and design at its best ( shame not a british engine )
I wish I could afford one cause my cheque book would be out.
I wish Morgan all the best with this.

By del55 on 1 March, 2011, 7:35pm

Morgan have to be admired

The adverse comments above have probably come from the 'same brigade' viz., people who want to be seen in exactly the clothes as everyone else wears.
Take away this concept, the Fiat500, the Mini, VW Sirocco and a few others and what do you have - the same stereo-typed whizzer purchased to simply impress the neighbours.
Where would we be without the pluck of companies such as Morgan. They offer individual cars and Oh. I wish I could afford one.

By Gregorius on 2 March, 2011, 1:16am

Clever, Clever Morgan...

As other European luxury and sports car manufacturers come to terms with having to produce small, efficient and ultimately, Green cars to offset their carbon footprint and swingeing European legislation, the silliest of which has to be Aston Martin's Toyota IQ based Cygnet, Morgan found the perfect answer sitting firmly in the past, and no doubt also in their museum.

What's more, they hardly have to change a thing, just bring it up to date. Oh how they must have laughed in that design office... :D

By sgtgrash on 2 March, 2011, 8:44am

@ Auto Express

For crying out loud fellas, fix this website will you, it's got to be the buggiest website I've ever used... ^^

By sgtgrash on 2 March, 2011, 8:51am

Torchy

Lovely but not faithfull to the origional no sliding pillar front suspention.

By Torchy on 2 March, 2011, 1:15pm

Glad they didn't...

...use sliding pillars. The idea is clearly a modern interpretation of Morgan's initial "philosophy", not a replica, so there are brakes that work, suspensions that don't remove fillings and a very efficient and clean motor. Sure as sure can be, if I had the spare cash to buy one and run it I would be on my way to the factory with my down payment right now. Can't trust the post for life's important moments!

By ThatOne on 4 March, 2011, 5:00pm

Back Again... :)

The more I look at it, the more I want one...

I do hope Morgan are eye'ing up new, larger premises because I have a sneaky feeling they're onto a winner here and sales will go through the roof...

I do have one concern though, I wouldn't like to be hit by one of these as a pedestrian, that front mounted engine could do untold damage...

By sgtgrash on 5 March, 2011, 5:10am

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