Saturday, November 3, 2012

11 Thrilling Three-Wheeled Kit Cars

Price: Basic vehicle from $48,420 (?30,000)

Engine/Transmission: Front-mounted 56.25-degree, S&S air-cooled V-twin driving the rear wheel via a bevel drive and drive belt; Mazda MX-5 five-speed transmission

Chassis/Body/Suspension: tubular steel space frame with aluminium-alloy coachwork. Wishbone front with double trailing-arm rear suspension.

Reengineered from Peter Larsen's Liberty Ace, Morgan's Three Wheeler has been an astounding hit with orders running far ahead of production. The barrel-bodied design isn't as pretty as the prewar Aero models, but it's distinctive, and the cockpit is roomy. The instruments and switchgear are brilliant: In fact, the starter is the bomb release button from a Eurofighter. The charismatic S&S engine makes the Morgan genuinely fast and torquey, and the Mazda 'box engages smartly. The driving position is quite upright, with the huge wheel mounted high. It feels heavy?and at almost half a ton, it is?but the handling is predictable.

Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/vintage-speed/11-thrilling-three-wheeled-kit-cars?src=rss

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