But for the Panther, the wet stuff poses no problem - as it can make the switch from car to boat in just 15 seconds. The ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson drives his car through the lake on his Texas ranch on April 10, 1965. The proud owner of one of ...

Picture this: You’re enjoying an afternoon on a calm beach out in the Hamptons, splayed out lazily on a beach towel. A pickup truck appears in the distance, driving along the sand, and makes … ...

Building an amphibious car has been one of the more vexing challenges for transportation engineers over the years. Some are fast on land and slow in the water. Vice versa on others. It's hard to ...

Dave March takes a sip of his coffee and looks through the windshield of his car, idling in the water in Newport Harbor, next to his 65-foot yacht. “This has been a dream for 10, 15 years,” he ...

Let's start with the French-born Hobbycar B612 — a true oddity that could be driven as a hard-top, a convertible, or a pickup truck. It just so happened to be an amphibious-capable car.

This amphibious 1994 Hobby Car is the pre-production prototype of only 52 actual Hobby Cars built. It was insanely overpriced in its day—about the cost of two contemporary BMWs or Jaguars—but ...

The amphibious car used the front wheels as rudders when in the water. On land, the propeller would swing up, disengaging it from the engine. The Schwimmwagen was heavy and slow but had good ...

March believes the amphibious car opens up a whole new dimension to people. "The world is 75 percent water and owning a Gator or Python means you are no longer stuck to the land," he told CNN.

Building an amphibious car has been one of the more vexing challenges for transportation engineers over the years. Some are fast on land and slow in the water. Vice versa on others. It's hard to ...