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an ugly robot. mmc wants to sell a kit car and doesnt know how to break the news to the public. A grill will be extra as are many things. I think i had to pay extra for the burned on hand prints on the chrome head piles.

The grill will be a popular add-on

I like the front suspension design with the usual unequal length but long wishbones, more particularly though the spherical jointed tie rod operating by fulcrum on short inboard coil over shocks, minimising unsprung weight. This I imagine will provide very compliant front end.

There also might be what constitutes a camber adjustment between outer ends of lower wishbones.

With just a bit more engineering, the Morgan designers could have left the Iconic V-Twin in place, but gutted of all internals. That would have made for a better front/rear weight distribution, and the motive force could have come from an electric motor in the back, with batteries in the area where the current oil reservoir exists. The bevel box would be history.
Completely feasible with today's electronic technology would have been a "noise generator" that would mimic the incomparable JAP or Matchless sound, properly matched to the throttle position.
Then the machine would have satisfied the purists, the ecology-minded, the techno-freaks, and the European authorities on noise, pollution, etc.

I was at the factory today and saw a number of Super 3s in various stages of build including one that was about to have pretty much the whole front end installed in one stroke. The alloy casting structure that you see around the front of the engine and supporting all of the suspension etc extends to the back of the engine to which the gearbox was attached. This complete unit is offered up to the bulk head and transmission tunnel of the monocoque and attached with eight or ten (I think) bolts. All very simple and to my thinking clever. Maybe you already know this but it was news to me.

There were a couple of great paint schemes and incidentally really good paint finish. Sorry did not have my phone with me for photos.

John, thank you for the explanation of the large feature alloy casting and the clever mounting of the drive train, all news to me.
A bit of a bonus that the paint quality has improved since the preproduction models.

Going with the dummy V-Twin up front and EV drive train. make the V-Twin into a genny and then you have a hybrid or range extender.

I was hoping the MMC relationship with BMW would give access to the i3 Rex drivetrain that uses a tiny motorcycle engine to give the flat batteries a range boost

I was there too today (the aero s1 in the car park)

I’ve seen the Super 3 before but seeing it again today it just gets better and better.

Detail is superb. Complete car outside, (green one) that we examined.

I concur with a previous comment that you really need to see it in the flesh. It really is much better.

Does Morgan do their own welding?