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Morgan - Super 3 Price: from £43,165
Last Updated On: 04/05/2023
The Morgan Super 3 is a reinterpreted version of the Morgan 3 Wheeler, which was the company's first new tri-wheeler for almost seventy years. Although at first glance the Super 3 looks similiar to its popular predecessor, it's a very different animal indeed. Fun is still very much it's raison d'etre though.
For a start, gone is the ash frame and instead there is Morgan's first model to utilise a monocoque chassis. Then there are things like the digital dials and the optional navigation, also both firsts for the company. Continuing the radical departure from the old model, the power source now comes from a three cylinder Ford engine replacing the exposed two litre motorcycle V-twin. The torquey feel of the old power plant gives way to a higher revving engine in the new Super 3.
The 1432cc of the Ford engine puts out 118 bhp at 6,500 rpm and 110 lb/ft of torque at 4,500 rpm. These figures are higher than those for the previous engine, which developed 82 bhp at 5,250 rpm and 105 lb/ft at 3,250 rpm. Weight has also grown slightly to 1,400 pounds, so the 0-62 mph (100km/h) time remains similar to the old model at 7 seconds, but the top speed is substantially increased from 115 mph (185 km/h) in the old 3 Wheeler to 130 mph (209 km/h) in the Super 3.
Sensibly Morgan have retained the popular, you could say ubiquitous, 5-speed Mazda MX-5 transmission which served the outgoing car very well. Wisely, the new monocoque chassis has been designed to take a battery pack for the inevitable future direction of the Super 3.
Happily, for a roofless vehicle, everything in the cabin is weatherproof. The gauges, switches and even the USB ports are IP64 water and dust resistant, and the upholstery options, too, are carefully considered. Black vinyl is standard, and a range of weather-resistant leathers are optional. Luggage and storage space are not words you would normally associate with a three-wheeled Morgan but there are some small improvements over the previous model.
As with the previous model there is a big choice of personalisation in colour schemes and optional kit.
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