Morgan will look to mix its automobiles’ old-world British appeal with Italian class through a brand new undertaking involving Pininfarina.

Morgan has tapped Pininfarina’s design arm to pen a automotive primarily based on an present Morgan chassis, a follow often called coachbuilding.

Typical manufacturing volumes for Morgans are typically a number of hundred examples per yr, and the brand new coachbuilt particular will probably be extra restricted nonetheless. Morgan stated every automotive will probably be a person fee, although the corporate hasn’t stated simply what number of construct slots will probably be provided.

The corporate additionally hasn’t launched any particulars, although Autocar reported on Friday that the automotive will probably be a roadster, and that manufacturing will happen at Morgan’s plant in Malvern, United Kingdom, versus Pininfarina’s studio which additionally handles coachbuilding tasks.

Morgan presently employs two distinct chassis for its lineup. These embrace the four-wheel, all-aluminum CX-generation chassis that underpins Morgan’s Plus 4 and Plus Six fashions. The corporate additionally has a three-wheel chassis underpinning the Tremendous 3 three-wheeler.

The CX-generation is more likely to be the chassis underpinning the Pininfarina-designed automotive. In its present kind, it helps 2.0-liter turbo-4 and turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-6 engines from BMW, plus 6-speed handbook and 8-speed automated transmissions. The chassis solely delivers rear-wheel drive.

Extra particulars on the undertaking will probably be introduced subsequent yr to mark Morgan’s one hundred and fifteenth anniversary.

This text was initially revealed by Motor Authority, an editorial accomplice of ClassicCars.com