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Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan's first automotive design was similar to this 1933 Super Sports. A 3-wheeled design offered good performance at a third of production cost of a car. From 1910 until 1930 Morgan boasted the three-wheeler could out-perform standard cars by having a very low center of gravity, combined with a lightweight chassis. Making the Morgan even more appealing, was the ingenious independant front suspension. Morgan boasted every three-wheeler they made had an independant suspension setup.

The layout of this vehicle lies somewhere inbetween a car and a motorcycle. The engine is located in front of the radiator and drives a single rear wheel. Power is transferred via a driveshaft tube which acts as part of the chassis.

Over the years many different engines were used on Morgan three-wheelers. The first protoype featured a air cooled Peugeot powerplant. MAG, JAP and even a 993cc Ford four-cylinder unit were used in these cars.

Morgan played a huge role in the three-wheel market and exclusively sold three-wheeled cars from 1908 until 1935. The production run on three-wheelers slowed after 1940 but continued, albeit heavily upgraded, until the 1980s.