A car that truly walks on waterThe early Sixties witnessed the introduction of a number of mould breaking cars both in the US and Europe, one the strangest must have been the German built Amphicar. Amphicar set out to market and produce the worlds first amphibious passenger car, sales figures were projected to be 20,000 units…

Despite its clever combination of automobile and pleasure boat technology the car was deemed to be a dismal failure, only 800 cars were ever built, production ending in 1968.

Designed by Hans Trippel, who had produced amphibian cars at the Bugatti factory at Molsheim during the War, the Amphicar build by the Quandt Group at Lübeck but mainly at Berlin-Borsigwalde had an English 1147cc Triumph four-cylinder engine with 38 hp at 4750 rpm. Most cars were sold in the USA.

The Amphicar was the only amphibious automobile ever mass-produced for sale to the public. The German vehicle was designed by Hanns Trippel, creator of the war-time Schwimmwagen and manufactured by the Quandt Group at Lübeck and at Berlin-Borsigwalde. Its name is a combination of "amphibious" and "car". Production started in 1961, after 1963, cars were assembled from the parts which had been supplied for the over-estimated sales of 20,000 per year, and production ended in 1968. Most cars were sold in the United States. Cars were sold in the UK from 1964. Total production was 3,878 vehicles before the company folded.

Total production was about 2800 units.

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