Morgan isn?t like other automakers, but you probably knew that already. This tiny British sports-car maker continues to do many things in much the same way it has throughout its century-plus of existence, regarding timber as an appropriate structural material for use in a car and producing some models that could be sent through a time machine to 1935 without exciting undue comment.
But it?s always had the capacity to surprise, as well, with recent examples including some of the gorgeous aluminum-bodied sports cars it has crafted around BMW V-8 engines, plus the relaunch of the 3 Wheeler motorized tricycle. Now here?s the biggest shock of all: an electric version of the 3 Wheeler, set to go into full production later this year.
The company released images of a concept car last year, although it refused to let us see what the front might look like. That, we presumed, was because a 3 Wheeler without its V-twin motorbike engine would look utterly ridiculous. On that, we were wrong. The production EV3?which we?re seeing in near-finished form at the Geneva auto show?now wears a battery pack where you?d expect to find its silvery engine, and it’s wrapped in ?brass conductive cooling fins? that give it a distinct steampunk vibe. The headlights have been moved lower and joined by a third that sits on one side of the half-empty engine slot; this gives the EV3 the distinct impression that it?s wearing a monocle and is about to inquire whether anybody feels like a game of t...