Unlike the unrealized promise of flying automobiles (prototypes notwithstanding), there does exist a car capable of acting like a boat. It’s a vehicle that can drive right down a lakeside ramp and ...

WOULD you drive your car into the ocean? Say hello to the 'Amphicar' - an amphibious vehicle that can be driven into the body of any water. In the 1960s, West German designer Hans Trippel presented ...

PUT-IN-BAY - The Annual Amphicar Reunion was held Monday and Tuesday on Lake Erie and Put-in-Bay. Miller Ferry took the floating car-boats over to the island. The amphicars arrived on the island for a ...

Worst of all, it wasn't watertight. In fact, whether it sank or swam depended on the ability of the Amphicar's bilge pump to expel the water that leaked into the car. Click to expand... It was, as far ...

There has only been one mass-produced amphibious car that can tackle both land and sea. This vehicle was built in Germany, had a British Triumph Herald motor, and was aptly named the Amphicar. Early ...

The Amphicar (Amphibious + Car) was the product of German designer Hans Trippel, who was also the author of the original Mercedes-Benz “Gullwing” door detail. The model 770 was manufactured by the ...