Motors new amphibious sportscar, James Bond style

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  1. djgizmo

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  3. Dad

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    Cool! Back in the early/mid 60's or so there was the AquaCar but seems to be pretty slow in the water. They discontinued it because it rusted out very quickly.

    *looks at pics again*

    :eyebrow: Would be odd to site in the middle of the car when driving down the road though...
     
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    :hehe: It has no doors... and only has three seats... :hehe:
     
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    The Aquacar was hilairious...rather unmaneouverable in either environment as well...

    *n
     
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  6. Dad

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    What I would like to know is what do you do if you get a flat tire while you're in the water..... :D
     
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    How would that happen?

    Little charver fish slashing your tyres?

    *n
     
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    coral reefs... duuuh
     
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  9. CrOaKeR

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    There was another one about called the hobbycar. It ran on deisel powered jets. Will try to find piccie!

    edit: Piccies here
     
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  10. Darkside

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    There was an article in the paper today about the new amphibious car, made by a firm called Gibb. Looks quite good I think, and the wheels tuck up into the arches for using it in the water (wonder if you can put them up while driving down the road, could be fun :lol: ).

    If someone wants to lend me £150,000 (expensive init?:eeek:) I'll quite happily try it out for a while :lol:

    Darkside.
     
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    i was there at the launch of it - looks damn good

    £150,000 is a bit steep tho, but the firm wants to license out the technology to companies to build SUVs or buses that can go on the water aswell
     
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    i think i need one of those, i dont know why but i think i do
     
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