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October 16, 2012

Quadski vehicles will sell for $40K

  • The four-person amphibious vehicle can go 45 mph on land and 10 in water.
    • By DEE-ANN DURBIN
    AP Auto Writer

    DETROIT — 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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