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Morgan 3 Wheeler - British three-wheeled thunderbolt with international ingredients

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Created on May 25, 2020

Reading time 6min

Written by:

Daniel Koch

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Daniel Reinhard

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Darin Schnabel - Courtesy RM/Sotheby’s

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Stefan Müller

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Stephan Traber

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Bruno von Rotz

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Daniel Reinhard

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Darin Schnabel - Courtesy RM/Sotheby’s

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Stefan Müller

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Stephan Traber

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Bruno von Rotz

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Neuinterpretation des Dreirads aus den Dreissigerjahren

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Donnerbüchse mit drei Rädern

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Rund 170 cm breit

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Auspuffrohre wie Gewehrläufe

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Wie Fliegen ohne abzuheben

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Knappes Cockpit in Leder

Bild von Partner Planai Classic 2025 Inline 1

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Als Höchstgeschwindigkeit gibt das Werk 185 km/h an

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Instrumente wie im Flugzeugcockpit

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - 2012-Morgan-3-Wheeler-_13

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - 5-Gang Schaltung aus dem Mazda MX-5 ND

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Klassisches Holzlenkrad

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Sicherheitsgurte und Überrollbügel - Im Fall der Fälle wohl nur wenig nützlich?

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - LED Blinker

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Offener Blick auf die Technik

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - S&S V2 Motor

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Smith & Stanley beliefert auch Harley Davidson

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Technik offengelegt

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Zentralverschluss

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Als Motorrad zugelassen

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Morgan Threewheeler (1929) - Grossglockner Grand Prix 2015

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Klausen Bergrennen Memorial 2006 - Morgan Threewheeler

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Morgan Threewheeler - sieht zwar alt aus, ist aber ziemlich neu - British Car Meeting Mollis 2017

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Erst auf den zweiten Blick als Morgan der Neuzeit erkannbar

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Die Spurbreite ist nicht zu unterschätzen

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Morgan 3 Wheeler (2012) - Dem genügsamen Zweizylindermotor reicht Benzin mit 95 Oktan

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Summary

It's hard to believe what the Brits from Malvern Link put on three wheels in 2012: V2 engine, rear-wheel drive on a single rear wheel and the look of a Spitfire fighter plane! Without taking off, the Morgan three-wheeler is an eye-catcher, fun to ride and already a neo-classic. This report tells the short modern history of the Morgan tricycle and shows it in many pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Over a hundred years
Modern ingredients in the new edition from 2012
The gears are shifted in Japanese
Rebellious hooligan
The trade press was enthusiastic
Safe and clear...
Target clientele
Current production
Design flaw?
In new hands

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Only an English small series manufacturer like Morgan could think of that. Imagine this management meeting in 2010, on a rainy Wednesday morning in Malvern Link, the production facility of the Morgan Motors Company. Production figures are being presented, the finances analyzed, and at the very end of the meeting, during the "Miscellaneous" agenda item, someone throws an idea into the round: "Let's build that tricycle again that was so successful in the 1930s, that would certainly be fun!". Any accountant's red pencil would have exploded immediately, because such a project could hardly be realized profitably. But the men at Morgan simply did it in 2012 - they transformed the legendary 3 Wheeler into the modern era!

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