The most notable changes for 2014 are invisible to the naked eye. The chassis has been re-engineered to increase torsional rigidity and improve handling, the steering has been re-calibrated to improve high-speed stability and the entire drivetrain has been made smoother and quieter to operate.
Morgan has not made any modifications to the 80-horsepower 2.0-liter V-Twin engine but it has fitted it with a new cooling pack that helps keep the temperature from rising in dense urban traffic. 80 ponies isn’t a lot on paper, but it’s enough to propel the 1,212-pound roadster from zero to 60 mph in a brisk 4.5 seconds.
Morgan says updating the 3 Wheeler is easier said than done because it is unique in the auto industry.
“There is no benchmark for this car. If we were doing some development work on our Aero [sports car] platform chassis we could look at what is best practice and work from that, but with the 3 Wheeler there is no best practice. This is very much an intuitive process, we didn’t have the existing data to go from,” explained the company in an interview with England’s Autocar.
The 2014 Morgan 3 Wheeler will go on sale early next year with a base price of £31,140 (roughly $50,000). In England, all 3 Wheelers come with a 30-month / 30,000-mile warranty.
Morgan has not announced it if will officially distribute the 3 Wheeler in the United States, but several third-party importers have cropped up across the country over the past few years.
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