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Argo is a Canadian manufacturer of amphibious all-terrain vehicles. It was founded in 1962 as Ontario Drive and Gear (ODG) Limited, in Kitchener, Ontario and was later moved to New Hamburg, Ontario. Argo offers 6×6 and 8×8 amphibious extreme terrain vehicles, as well as 4 wheel ATVs. [1]
Purely recreational amphibian cars include the 1960s Amphicar and the contemporary Gibbs Aquada. With almost 4,000 pieces built, the Amphicar is still the most successfully produced civilian amphibious car to date. The Gibbs Aquada stands out due to its capability of high speed planing on water.
An amphibious vehicle (or simply amphibian) is a vehicle that works both on land and on or under water. Amphibious vehicles include amphibious bicycles, ATVs, cars, buses, trucks, railway vehicles, combat vehicles, and hovercraft. Classic landing craft are not amphibious vehicles as they do not work on land, although they are part of amphibious ...
The Amphicar Model 770 is an amphibious automobile which was launched at the 1961 New York Auto Show. [2] It was made in West Germany and marketed from 1961 to 1968, with production ceasing in 1965. Designed by Hans Trippel , the amphibious vehicle was manufactured by the Quandt Group at Lübeck and at Berlin-Borsigwalde , with a total of 3,878 ...
The Hydra Spyder is an open-top amphibious sportscar which began production in 2006. It is produced and marketed by Cool Amphibious Manufacturers International, LLC.The vehicle can seat four people and has a 500 hp engine in the standard model making it strong enough to pull water skiers.
An amphibious vehicle (or simply amphibian), is a vehicle or craft that works on land as well as in water. Two main categories of amphibious vehicle are those that travel on an air-cushion - Hovercraft - and those that don't - see Amphibious vehicles main page.
A colourful parade of amphibious cars glided through Amsterdam's canals on Thursday, but it was the last time the event will be held in the city, at least until batteries become lighter. Starting ...
The vehicle was also made in Canada by Behoo Industries and differed slightly from its American counterpart, mostly on the transom. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Canadian version of the Amphicat was featured as the Moon buggy used by Moonbase Alpha personnel in the television series Space: 1999 and the US version as the Banana Splits' cars in the TV show The ...