The
Morgan Motor Company
The Morgan Motor Company is a British motor car manufacturer owned by Italian investment group Investindustrial. It was founded in 1910 by Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan.
Morgan is based in Malvern Link, an area of Malvern, and employs ap ...
announced that they would launch the 3 Wheeler in 2011
[
] at the
Geneva Motor Show
The Geneva International Motor Show is an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva. The show is hosted at the Palexpo, a convention centre located next to the Geneva Cointrin International Airport. The Salon is organised by t ...
.
Technical
The 3 Wheeler was initially said to have a
Harley-Davidson
Harley-Davidson, Inc. (H-D, or simply Harley) is an American motorcycle manufacturer headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1903, it is one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depressi ...
''Screaming Eagle'' V-twin engine and a
Mazda
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In 2015, M ...
5-speed manual transmission,
and was estimated to deliver
at the rear wheel.
However, there was a surprise when the prototype that was shown at Geneva had an
S&S engine. Production three-wheelers turned out to have S&S engines.
The kerb weight was originally estimated to be less than ,
but the final weight was tested at 550 kg (1,212 lb). The acceleration from zero to was estimated by Morgan as 4.5 seconds, with an (estimated) top speed of .
The three-wheeler was
homologated
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as a motorcycle in the United States.
Orders and deliveries
The company states that 850 deposits have been taken since the announcement in 2011. Custo