Starting in 1995, Rick Dobbertin turned a double walled milk tank into a six wheeled amphibious beast in just four years time.
For a cool $1.2 million, you can roll of the highway going 80mph and take a river cruise at up to 7 knots, all while looking like a very forgetful ship captain. Terra Wind MotorhomeĪnyone at the helm of this luxury vehicle can shock anybody anywhere if a body of water is present. Although their designs were only meant to last through combat, many Ducks were later repurposed as tourist vessels in marine environments. US Army “Duck” DUKWĪmerican engineers fought back their German counterparts with a 6 wheeled, 2 ton amphibious truck designed to carry troops and supplies over land and water as well as orchestrating beach heads. The vehicle mustered a meager 25 hp in water, making for a canoe trip of a river crossing for many German sitting ducks. Based off the body of the original Volkswagen Beetle, over 15,000 propeller powered vehicles were produced. The Germans broadened the scope of all terrain vehicles during the second World War when VW mass produced the "Schwimmwagen" for use by German infantry. Using a jet system after making a seamless transition from land to sea, the Aquada produces over 1 ton of thrust when in water, allowing it to travel over 50 kph. Gibbs brought a 175 horsepower sports car to the water in 2003 as their first production model after 7 years of aquatic research. Hans Trippel joined the Bugatti company in France after working through the war crafting amphibious vehicles for the Wehrmacht, and produced this stunning and yet normal looking vehicle that sold for a pretty sum of $3,000 in 1961. German engineering continued to soar in post World War II vehicles, but no one expected amphibious to be the buzz word of the luxury car game until 1959. It's a car! It's a boat! It's neither! "Wake" up and jet into the wild world of amphibious vehicles with 20 awesome one-if-by-land two-if-by-sea gear shifts.
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