Morgan Super 3 revealed: this three-wheeled wonder promises to be the drive of the summer
telegraph.co.ukMorgan, that quintessential British sports car maker, must be glad it did in the case of its famous three-wheelers, since the outgoing trike is the single most produced car in the company’s long history.That 3 Wheeler, derived from Pete Larsen’s Liberty Ace in which Telegraph Cars played a significant part, has proved so popular over a decade of production that Morgan has replaced it with a new model.
Although in some ways it is radically different, as you can see, the configuration still has two of its three wheels at the front with one at the rear – forget any similarities with the infamous Bond Bug, other than numerical.History hasn’t been kind to the Ford-engined Morgan F-type trike produced from 1935 to just after the Second World War.
These and the four-wheeled, four-cylinder Morgans which sold well into the economy motoring market simply weren’t as glamorous as the earlier JAP and Matchless V-twin-engined three-wheelers, although they were easier to maintain, cheaper to run and more refined.And, with a price starting at £41,995, the economy motoring market isn’t going to be much bothered by the Super 3, even though in some ways, there’s a fair bit of history repeating itself...The Super 3 has a three-cylinder, 1.5-litre Ford engine; a naturally-aspirated version of the Fiesta ST’s Ecoboost unit, producing 118bhp at 6,500rpm and 110lb ft at 4,500rpm.
It feeds a similar five-speed Mazda MX-5 gearbox to that fitted to its predecessor, which drives the rear wheel via a propshaft, bevel box and belt drive.This is a much larger machine than the outgoing 3 Wheeler, with the old car’s figures in brackets we’re talking about a length of 3,581mm (3,260mm), a width of 1,850mm (1,738mm), a height of 1,132mm (1,012mm) and a.
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