<![CDATA[Jalopnik: Gibbs]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: Gibbs]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/gibbs http://jalopnik.com/tag/gibbs <![CDATA[Feds Sink Our Amphibious Car Dreams]]> We live in a bizarro world where the federal government is able to approve an exemption for a flying car, but balks at granting the Gibbs Aquada amphicar a little bureaucratic leeway. [TheDetroitBureau] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5580388&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Gibbs To Set Up Shop In Detroit, Finally Build Aquada Amphibious Car]]> After the announcement earlier this month that Saleen is teaming with Gibbs for development and manufacturing work on their amphibious Gibbs Aquada, news comes down Gibbs is setting up their corporate offices in the Detroit Suburb of Auburn Hills. After a ten year development cycle, a million man hours of work, and $100 million invested in the project, the final steps are being taken to put the automotive platypus into production. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=398808&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Saleen Developing Gibbs Aquada And Quadski For American Market]]> Saleen will be conducting manufacturing design and engineering work required to bring the Gibbs Aquada and Quadski to the North American market. Gibbs plans to introduce the models here late in 2009 or early in 2010. In addition to working on production processes for the amphibians, Saleen is also looking at ways to improve their performance. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=397780&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Aquada Amphibious Sports Car Coming Stateside In 2009?]]> More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=268749&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[DOD to Evaluate Gibbs Amphibious Vehicles]]> The Department of Defense is looking south of the equator for new amphibious, personalized-type landing craft, having signed a development contract with New Zealand-based Gibbs Technologies to evaluate mil-spec versions of their Aquada, Humdinger and Quadski vessel/vehicles. We're wondering if the SEAL-carrying Aquada variant will carry a large set of speakers that blare the "Miami Vice" theme to strike fear in the hearts of beachfront men with RPGs. Meanwhile, we still want a DUKW with a GMC MotorHome body grafted on. More »
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