---
title: "Morgan 3-Wheeler Vs. 1955 Land Rover Series 1: A Very Biased Comparison Test"
description: "The three-wheeled speed machine faces off against a six-decade-old off-roader."
date: "2017-09-15"
modified: "2017-09-15"
authors:
  - name: "Alex Roy"
    job_title: "Editor-At-Large"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/alex-roy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/14383/morgan-3-wheeler-vs-1955-land-rover-series-1-a-very-biased-comparison-test"
categories:
  - "Car Reviews"
  - "Land Rover Reviews"
tags:
  - "3-wheeler"
  - "Comparison"
  - "land rover"
  - "morgan"
  - "series 1"
---

# Morgan 3-Wheeler Vs. 1955 Land Rover Series 1: A Very Biased Comparison Test

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After soundly defeating the Vanderhall Venice last week, my [Morgan 3 Wheeler](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/949/youre-all-cowards-why-the-morgan-3-wheeler-cannonball-record-matters>) remains the world’s best/worst car. Those boys from Utah didn’t stand a chance. You who else doesn’t a chance? The dozens of Lambo and Ferrari owners who saw [Episode 2](<https://youtu.be/JHik9yWRg7g>) and offered to bring their Huracans and 488s to Brooklyn for a face-off.

But why bother reviewing those Italian lawn mowers? If you like meeting 14-year old boys and hanging out with that fool [Shmee](<https://www.google.com/search?q=shmee150&oq=shmee+&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.2407j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8>)[150](<https://www.google.com/search?q=shmee150&oq=shmee+&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.2407j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8>), here’s a list of [Ferrari’s U.S. dealer list](<https://auto.ferrari.com/en_US/car-dealers/>). When people talk about how much passion they have for cars, they’re really saying that they like one-way relationships. Relationships without pushback. What a bunch of sissies. True love requires friction. True love means fighting a bit and making up. For that, the[ Morgan 3 Wheeler](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/949/youre-all-cowards-why-the-morgan-3-wheeler-cannonball-record-matters>) will give you a relationship unlike any other.

Ask any owner. [The](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/925/success-the-drive-sets-world-record-in-morgan-3-wheeler>)[ Morgan always wins](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/925/success-the-drive-sets-world-record-in-morgan-3-wheeler>). Even when it loses, it wins. Unless a very special car comes along. Something with real character. Something uniquely amazing and awful.

Which is why it perfect sense that [*Alloy and Grit Magazine*](<https://www.alloyandgrit.com/>)—experts in all things British, awesome and terrible—would lend me their 1955 Land Rover Series 1 for a head-to-head comparo in a battle of patina, bailing wire, and Lucas electronics.

What happens when a Land Rover Series 1 is pitted against the world’s best/worst car? Here’s your chance to find out. Just hit play on the video below.

https://youtube.com/embed/KNFnbKIMx-s

## Author
Co-host of The Autonocast and /DRIVE on NBC Sports, and author of *The Driver*, Roy has set endurance driving records in Europe & the USA in the internal combustion, EV, 3-wheeler & Semi-Autonomous Classes, including the infamous Cannonball Run record. He is also Founder of Noho Sound, Producer of 32 Hours 7 Minutes, and has spoken at the FBI, CIA, MIT & Stanford about numerous driving records which must still remain secret.

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