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Car Reviews We Never Finished #1
The Amphicar was built from 1961 to 1968, and is powered on land by a 43-horsepower four-cylinder engine. In the water, the engine is coupled to twin propellers, and the vehicle becomes a modestly powered boat.
When it first came out, an Amphicar was tested in New York Harbor by Car and Driver magazine, which decided that it wasn't a very good car, or a very good boat.
That evaluation still raises a touch of defensiveness among Amphicar owners: "It handles on the highway better than any other boat, and floats better than most cars..."
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