UK car maker Morgan has added a suspension upgrade to its 3 Wheeler after a suspension failure during a track test by UK magazine Autocar. During the incident at a track, the front wishbones were bent and a front wheel detached.
Morgan’s response was clear; the lower wishbone failed because it had been weakened during previous track use. The wishbones’ failure under braking preceded the top and bottom ball joints detaching, which left the right front wheel loose. It grounded the chassis, which seriously damaged the car and made steering impossible.
According to the UK maker, the setup has suitably designed for their intended purpose, but that if the owner pushes it beyond the limits of normal road/sport driving for instance, track days, off-road driving and accidental high impacts, the wishbones may get damaged. If not replaced, a subsequent total failure similar to that of the test car could occur.
The Morgan 3 Wheeler has new and improved wishbones with an increased strength by 20 per cent. Morgan will supply new lower wishbones free to existing owners who want them. They will take an hour to fit, but Morgan will not issue a recall.
Ok. Morgan gave a factory demo to the media to track test. Its wheel fell off at speed. No more is known because appareently the reporters forgot to bring their cameras to the photo shoot. Your headline and details are from the manufacturer as are the advertising images you post above.
As well, you want your readers to believe the vehicle was “made for its intended purpose” though the wheels will detach if it is raced at all..(how much was this new vehcile raced and where?). Of course, there is nothing a smooth race track will do to a vehicle that normal usage and time will not do.
This is auto reporting in 2012
Frankly, reporting such of this
If you would read properly, you would see we got the information from another online magazine and source. Unfortunately, we are not aware what happened other than the information we came across at the source.