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yortsed snacilbuper

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 12:12 AM Oct 2012

Amphibious vehicle to go on sale soon in US


DETROIT (AP) -- Amphibious vehicles could soon be zooming out of James Bond's garage - or pond - and into yours.

The Quadski - a one-person all-terrain vehicle that doubles as a personal watercraft - is being billed by its makers as the first high-speed, commercially available amphibious vehicle. It's scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. by the end of this year for around $40,000. Michigan-based Gibbs Sports Amphibians Inc. hopes to sell the vehicle worldwide by 2014.

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Amphibious vehicle to go on sale soon in US (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Oct 2012 OP
It's not the first "high-speed, commercially available amphibious vehicle" by a long shot Major Nikon Oct 2012 #1
Hardly the first... TreasonousBastard Oct 2012 #2
Yeah, but can it ALSO fly like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? HopeHoops Oct 2012 #3

Major Nikon

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1. It's not the first "high-speed, commercially available amphibious vehicle" by a long shot
Tue Oct 16, 2012, 12:19 AM
Oct 2012

Quite a few others came before.

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