---
title: "Morgan Developing New Flagship Sports Car: Report"
description: "Ground control to Alex Roy..."
date: "2018-10-30"
modified: "2018-10-30"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/24567/morgan-developing-new-flagship-sports-car-report"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Alex Roy"
  - "Morgan 3-wheeler"
  - "Morgan Motor Company"
  - "sports cars"
---

# Morgan Developing New Flagship Sports Car: Report

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Morgan is reportedly developing a range-topping sports car for release sometime in the next decade.

The vehicle is described as a front-engined, rear-wheel-drive, two-seat sports car in both coupe and roadster body styles, which [*Autocar*](<https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/morgan-reinvent-itself-high-performance-sports-car>) says is due out in the mid-2020s. It will reportedly be priced to compete with the [Aston Martin V8 Vantage](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/20031/2019-aston-martin-vantage-first-drive-review-this-195-mph-predator-has-a-taste-for-porsches>), though its performance isn't expected to quite measure up to the Aston; an estimated 0-to-60 in 4.5 seconds with a top speed of over 150 mph isn't peanuts, but it's not quite supercar-hunting speed.

Morgan's niche offerings tend to appeal for their traditional handcrafted construction, but this model won't quite slot in with the [Three-Wheeler](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/14197/morgan-3-wheeler-vs-vanderhall-venice-a-slightly-biased-one-man-comparison-test>) and its similarly old-school ilk. Instead, it will reportedly sit alongside Morgan's older models, attracting a slightly different customer, though not those who may have wanted the now-discontinued Plus 8 or Aero—its development was said to have started prior to those models' demises.

Reportedly, the new sports car will ride on an all-new aluminum chassis designed with the 21st century in mind. That means a bonded and riveted aluminum box chassis of similar size and weight to Morgan's current aluminum chassis, but twice as rigid, and a tad wider to accommodate the modern human's XXL waistline. Though this next-gen Morgan will reportedly start with a small, forced-induction inline-six engine as its powerplant, Morgan's engineers will allegedly future-proof the platform by designing it to fit batteries and electric motors down the line.

If electric vehicles seem too forward-thinking for the Morgan you know, consider that the company promised to start production of its [EV3](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/17305/the-electric-morgan-ev3-will-enter-production-later-this-year>) electric Three-Wheeler by the end of 2018, the all-gasoline Morgan is already a thing of the past.

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
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