Three Wheelers: Morgan 3 Wheeler Super Sports Labels

Sports car giants Morgan is launching a cool 3 wheeler tricycle in 2011 in the style of the distinctive cars first introduced by company founder, HFS Morgan in the 20's and 30's. There are no prices yet, but Morgan is striving to deliver the first cars at about £25,000 plus VAT. With the tuned Harley engine delivering about 100bhp at the rear wheel, the top speed is quoted at 115mph, with 0-60mph in 4.5sec.

The half tonne Morgan three-wheeler will be called the Super Sports and goes on sale next year. It will be powered by a 1.8-litre Harley-Davidson 45-degree V-twin motorcycle engine coupled to a Mazda five-speed transmission driving the rear wheel via a specially fabricated rear end.

The Super Sports is derived from the design of Pete Larsen’s Seattle-made Liberty Ace (itself a Harley V-twin-powered retro car in the style of original Morgan trikes). Morgan has bought the rights to the Ace, but its engineers have considerably redesigned and re-engineered it to create the Super Sports. The Great Malvern-based company is promising authentic Thirties three-wheeled thrills but with “get-in-and-drive simplicity and reliability”.

The Super Sports will be homologated under the motorcycle type approval regulations, which negates the need for complicated crash structures and airbags, but it will have twin roll-over hoops to protect occupants.

Its coachwork will be made from super-formed aluminium and the minimalist interior features leather seats and side panels, with a black anodised dashboard complete with aircraft-style toggle switches and a starter button styled on an aircraft bomb release mechanism.

The Super Sports will come with aero screens but no other weather protection, although Morgan is planning a wide range of accessories for the car, including weatherproof clothing and specially made luggage.

2012 Morgan Sports Cars EvaGT

Morgan was one of the first car companies to see the advantage of a bonded aluminium chassis to give rigidity but also to save weight. The 2012 Morgan Sport Car EvaGT uses a further developed version of the bonded aluminium chassis of the Morgan Aero SuperSports, a chassis that successfully competes in International GT3 Sports Car Racing. Compliant with European and US safety approvals.

2012 Morgan Sports Cars EvaGT

The Morgan Motor Company  has been making new cars all along. Morgan used the unveiling of the EvaGT sports car to again commit to releasing a brand new model every two years, with new niche markets in mind. It says the EvaGT is a four-seater coupe with a bit of “automotive theatre” aimed at young sporting families, while it also has plans for “a fun weekend vehicle” and, most intriguingly, an “electric sports car”.

The Morgan Motor Company is the last survivor of these British sports car manufacturers. Morgan sports car has a history of successful collaborations with German suppliers BMW, Siemens and Bosch. But Morgan also works with a number of young engineering companies in the United Kingdom and with world class British university research departments.

2012 Morgan Sports Cars EvaGT 

The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is one of the most prestigious automotive events of the year, and is drawing the attention of more and more high-end manufacturers. Count Morgan among them, as the company has just debuted the stunning Morgan EvaGT 2+2.

The Morgan Motor Company is in a good position to respond to this challenge because the company is small and flexible with a proven track record of fast development cycles. It currently manufactures one of the greenest sports cars in the world, the Morgan Four Four Sport. Morgan sports cars achieves this result with the use of the new Ford 1.6 Sigma engine coupled with a light chassis. Morgan currently has a young well qualified technical team working towards a potential 5 engineering PHD's, who will make full use of research departments at the University of Oxford, Cranfield and Birmingham City to tap into a technical knowledge network to make more efficient cars. This team is helping to develop a high torque electric motor twice as powerful as others of the same weight and size and a powerful lithium phosphate battery with a higher charge density to achieve the most efficient performance for weight so far.

The turbocharged, 3.0-liter inline-six from the BMW 335i sits under the sculpted hood and produces a healthy 306 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. Power is transmitted to the rear wheels by either a six-speed automatic or six-speed manual. Morgan sports cars expects a scamper to 62 miles per hour to take 4.5 seconds and a top speed of 170 miles per hour. With its top speed at 170mph, Morgan sports cars Eva GT returns an impressive fuel economy of 40mpg UK, equals to 7.0lt/100km and 33.3mpg US, and has CO2 emissions of 200g/km.

The first public view of the 2012 Morgan sports cars EvaGT will be at the 60th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, California, USA on the 15th August 2010. The Morgan Motor Company will be taking orders worldwide with a request for a deposit of £5000 from prospective clients for an allocated build slot. The first 100 cars of a limited run are planned to begin production mid 2012 and the "on-road" price will be competitive for a car of this class.