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Development of the all-electric Morgan EV3 three-wheeler has been put on hold due to problems between the automaker and its drivetrain supplier...
Morgan has waved farewell to the Aero and Plus 8 with the GT and 50th, unveiled this week at the Geneva motor show. Both cars will be put to pasture after these two special-editions are done, ending 50 years of Plus 8 production and 18 years of the Aero. BMW no longer builds the N62 V8 engine used in both models, which means it's time for engine and car to shuffle off to the garage in the sky...
The Morgan Plus 8 50th Anniversary Edition has been teased again, ahead of its official reveal at the Geneva motor show in March. Scheduled for a March 6 reveal, the special edition celebrates the final 50 Plus 8s powered by a 4.8-litre BMW V8 engine...
Morgan has unveiled a road-ready EV3, with production set to begin in the third quarter of 2018. The pure-electric EV3 was initially unveiled in pre-production trim at the 2016 Geneva motor show. Although Steve Morris, Morgan managing director, suggested a production model was on the cards, there was no concrete confirmation...
Morgan Motor Company has teased a race-inspired version of the Aero, set to be fully unveiled at the Geneva motor show next year. Just eight examples of the "gloves off" Aero GT will be built, marking the end of Aero 8 production at Morgan's factory on Pickersleigh Road, Worcestershire...
If you don't already know, Geneva is in Switzerland. And while some Aussies might miss having motor shows here in Oz, few will see that as enough of an excuse to splash out to attend a major international one. Luckily, this year's 2017 Geneva motor show (on until March 19) was my first, and it was so good, I didn't want anyone to miss out...
Now for something different...James goes full Biggles and hits the road in the crazy Morgan 3 Wheeler.
There have been some big-name retirements in the automotive landscape recently – the most prominent of them being the Land Rover Defender. But there are some other models out there that have been kicking around for quite a while, so we thought we’d take a look at some of the oldest ‘new’ cars still on sale...
Hi there, Tegan Lawson with you at the CarAdvice News Desk, this week we’re on location at Sydney Motorsport Park for MotorWorld Sydney. Here’s what’s making news this week. The Takata airbag global scandal continues with Subaru forced to recall more than 34,000 vehicles. The model-year 2008 and 2009 Impreza and the model-year 2009 Forester have been affected...
Welcome to the CarAdvice.com News Desk, a regular video wrap of the latest happenings in the automotive world and Australia's new-car market. Keeping you in the loop, Tegan Lawson presents a weekly video from the CarAdvice Garage, with everything you need to know about the week in news and reviews...
In a quick about-face, the Morgan 3 Wheeler has been re-certified as compliant with the Australian Design Rules (ADRs) and will remain on sale. Around two weeks ago, Morgan informed its customers and fans that new versions of the 3 Wheeler would no longer be available for registration in Australia from November 2017 due to proposed changes to the ADRs...
Welcome to the CarAdvice.com News Desk, a regular video wrap of the latest happenings in the automotive world and Australia's new-car market. This week, regular host Tegan Lawson is on assignment overseas. In her place, Trent Nikolic presents this week's video from the CarAdvice Garage, with everything you need to know about the week in news and reviews...
The Morgan 3 Wheeler will be withdrawn from the Australian market from November 2017 due to coming changes to the Australian Design Rules (ADR). Late last week, the company's Australian arm put out a call for final orders of the rare three-wheel vehicle...
The Morgan EV3 is an electrified version of the already niche Morgan 3 Wheeler, and it has made its debut in pre-production guise at the 2016 Geneva motor show. The new EV3 model continues on the theme that the motorcycle-engined 3 Wheeler started with design inspiration from "1930s aero-engine race cars, classic motorcycles and 1950s fantasy automatons" - whatever that means...
This week speciality British car maker Morgan announced that it has secured funding to develop hybrid and electric drivetrains, which will end up in its cars before the end of the decade. Morgan says that that all up around 6 million pounds ($12.4 million) has been earmarked for the project, with some, or possibly all, of that coming from a grants and advocacy body funded by the British government and industry contributors...
The British sports car maker has released the limited run Morgan AR Plus 4 to celebrate the model's 65th anniversary. Based on the Plus 4, which as been in production since 1950, the AR Plus 4 was developed by Morgan's racing division, AR Motorsport. Under the bonnet, which now features extra sets of vents, is a Cosworth-fettled 2...
In time for the car's fifteenth anniversary, the speciality UK carmaker has unveiled the fifth iteration of the Morgan Aero 8 at the 2015 Geneva motor show. Unlike many updates and facelifts that lead from the front, with the most prominent changes being made to the head of the car and just cursory revisions for the rump, the updated Morgan Aero 8 has flipped things around...
British car maker Morgan has released a shadowy teaser image of a new model that's set to launch at next month's Geneva motor show. Revealed on the Morgan Motor Company Facebook page, the teaser shot shows a similar light and grill to that of the current Aero Coupe or Aero SuperSports, however the classic marque remains tightlipped on details at this stage, saying only: "We look forward to sharing more information about the car with you all over the next few weeks...
After years of recalibrating and reconfiguring, the Morgan 3 Wheeler is now on sale in Australia priced from $90,000 plus on-road costs. The niche sports car brand described the process of getting the Morgan 3 Wheeler to market as a “protracted” one that has required the unique vehicle to be “re-engineered from a 3-wheeled motorcycle to a 3-wheeled car”...
The quirky Morgan Threewheeler could be set to adopt an electric drivetrain. A report in the UK's Telegraph newspaper states that the Worcestershire-based company is considering a plug-in EV alternative for the Threewheeler, which is otherwise available with a V-twin 2.0 litre air-cooled motorcycle engine...
