What's Wrong With This Picture: Yeah, It's A 2011 Edition

by Edward Niedermeyer

Published: November 4th, 2010

what s wrong with this picture yeah it s a 2011 edition

You know it’s an all-new 2011 model because of the fancy computer-generated press shots, but otherwise would you have any idea that this is the 2011 model-year Morgan three-wheeler? Yes, the wackiest of British cottage sportscar shops has dusted off its old three-wheeler designs and is bringing the model back after a 58-year hiatus. InsideLine says the new version will offer 100 HP from a Harley “Screaming Eagle” engine and will weigh a mere 1,100-lbs, giving it an estimated 4.5 second 0-60 time. Of course, it will have to be homologated as a motorcycle thanks to the missing wheel, and there’s no word on price or American availability. Still, it seems to have retained the most important quality of its predecessor, namely that it is, as Sir Stirling Moss once put it,

a great babe magnet

#3WTP #Design #Morgan #NewCars #Three-Wheeler #WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

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CJinSD on Nov 05, 2010

I was loving this idea until I saw the price. $48,000 for a toy seems likely to mean that this will only end up being a 5th or 6th car for someone. Might as well get an Elise.

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R H on Nov 05, 2010

I think I'd rather have a can-am spyder or maybe a goldwing. That thing is fuuuuuuugly

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