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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 ...
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 Volkswagen Schwimmwagen (lit. ' swimming car ') is a light four-wheel drive amphibious car, used extensively by German ground forces during the Second World War.With over 15,000 units built, the Schwimmwagen is the most-produced amphibious car in history.
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.
A screw-propelled vehicle. A screw-propelled vehicle is a land or amphibious vehicle designed to cope with difficult terrain, such as snow, ice, mud, and swamp. Such vehicles are distinguished by being moved by the rotation of one or more auger-like cylinders fitted with a helical flange that engages with the medium through or over which the vehicle is moving.
A hubometer (from hub, center of a wheel; -ometer, measure of) or hubodometer, is a device mounted on the axle of any land vehicle to measure the distance traveled by a vehicle based on the rotations of the wheel hub. The whole device rotates with the wheel, except for an eccentrically mounted weight on an internal shaft.
WaterCar is an American company that specializes in the manufacture and development of luxury amphibious vehicles. Based in Southern California, the company was founded by Dave March in 1999 when he was inspired by the Amphicar of the 1960s. [1] March claims he originally had no plans to market an amphibious vehicle – just merely to build one ...
The Gibbs Aquada was a limited production concept car produced in 2003 and 2004. [4] [5] The Gibbs Aquada is powered by a 2.5 L Rover V6 engine. [6] In 2004 Richard Branson, owner of the Virgin Group, used a Gibbs Aquada to set a new record for crossing the English Channel in an amphibious vehicle. Branson cut 4 hours 20 minutes off the ...