Test drove a Slingshot yesterday. As you can see by the photo it is a completely different beast from the Morgan. (Batman's vehicle v.s. a vintage classic )
Slingshot Pros - Very stable ride with excellent grip on the corners. Very comfortable bucket seats. Comparable acceleration to the M3W. Excellent turning radius and visibility since you sit a bit higher. For USA folks it's domestic production with ≈ 300 dealers nationwide so hopefully parts & service will be good as well. Easy access to all wheels.
Slingshot minuses - Feels and rides much more like a modern car. Clutch and accelerator feels a bit off, but maybe just needs getting used to.
There won't be any bumpsteer. I bet Polaris use unequal length wishbones on the front, and properly designed geometry with the correct offset and the steering is boringly good.
The Slingshot looks great fun and sounds fantastic value. My 13 year old son would love it (perhaps that says it all as most 13 year olds can't afford one...)
Aerodynamics look rather poor based on a visual but I'm probably wrong and someone will say it tracks true to 200 mph while generating downforce front and rear.
Both probably have poor aerodynamics, one is pushing a engine through the wind and has little to speak of downforce and the other is full of transformer sytle angles. I feel the Morgan is far better style wise (look at the back of the slingshot; its hideously underdesigned), but I imagine the Polaris will be a hell of a lot more reliable and have far less issues while being a heck of a lot cheaper.
All that for $23,999.00! Compare that to the new Guzzi California at $15,490 or the Morgan M3W at $45,000 to $50,000 depending on the model. (US prices)
I wonder if the bodywork couldn't be re=designed to look a little more traditional? To my eyes the design looks plain ugly and pretentious, but apart from that, it has all the goodies and then some.
The wide front tyres worry me a little, as I always understood that Three Wheelers were more prone to turn over with a sticky front corner, and that the tyre should be narrower, so that rather than roll, it would slide or at the very least understeer, rather like our own beloved vehicle, though maybe this has a bit too much understeer?
Interesting that they use the same design of transmission though, I wonder if they have noisy bevel boxes or squeaky belts?
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