<![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> I wonder how you get the brakes back after it gets out of the water? A sealed housing would be hard to keep cool, hmm. If you plan on doing stuff with it I would opt for the extended 100 liter fuel tank.

Hello_Newman

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> Looks like the modern version of the WWII GPA amphibious Jeep. I'd love one of these, except for the fact that I live in the desert and there's no water. If I lived in, like, Florida I would require something like this. But, being a big fan of big stupid technology I'd have a Duck instead.

CptSevere

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> I've seen some pretty big waves at Sleeping Bear Dunes, so I just picture this thing boring straight in and right to the bottom.

Number_Six

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> If Amphicars weren't selling for $85k now, I'd want one so bad. This looks too much like a boat to really make my naughty bits tingly.

They've started making the DeLorean again (in theory), why on earth won't someone start making new Amphicars.

Gentlemen, we can rebuild them. We have the technology. Stronger, faster, waterproofier. I even have a donor Buick 3300 V6 that would work perfectly for the concept car. WHO'S WITH ME?!

Deartháir and his eight little drained beers

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> Combine it with the Brazilian Jeep from yesterday and you could recreate "Splashdance."

/Maniac, maniac I know.

Smells_Homeless

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> We all live in a yellow submarine a Yellow submarine.

muleshoe

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> @morrisseyscoot:

It's still no Toybota.

Spasticteapot

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> gale--REALLY BAD RAIN.

marc2068

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> mechimike it was a pontoon boat not a DUKW, And it was in a gale.

marc2068

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> It looks better than Richard Hammond's Vanagon boat!!

morrisseyscoot

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> @NatefromOgden: Ah HA! Now that makes more sense. Reading comprehension for the loss.

Ben Wojdyla

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> Certainly a little better performance than my Amphicar (I've never gotten it over 60mph) and the 4x4 would be nice for getting out of some lakes, but unless you really were going to go into combat with it I think you'd want to cut off the hard top.

Sharky

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> @Isetta: Its 110 KPH, not MPH...

NatefromOgden

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> @mechimike: Duck tours are run with military surplus versions of the DUKW mentioned in the post - much, much bigger than this little guy.

Ben Wojdyla

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> But where are the poisonous spurs?

NovaloadMissesPolar

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> It wouldn't look as graceful going off a cliff into an Italian lake as an Aston Martin...

macecalrissian

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> @mechimike: Due to poor maint. a u-joint blew and took out a thru hull seal. It went down pretty fast and in cold water.

joneez

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> And I want to know how 87 HP gets 4500 lbs of mass up to 110MPH without at least a serious tail wind. Especially with that abysmal frontal area and cD. My 300D has the same power, weighs 1000 lbs less, and can only hit about 90.

mechimike

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> They had something similar to this in Baltimore. They called them Duck Tours. One of them capsized or flipped over, I forget which, depends if it was on water or land, I guess. Killed some people, they took them out of service for awhile.

I do seriously want an old Amphicar.

mechimike

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> This would make my Cherokee perfect. It goes almost anywhere as is. Now it could go ANYWHERE! Wonder if I could get to Europe with stops in Greenland and Iceland?

joneez

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> @bzr - Pinko Commie Bastard Edition: the platypus...the ANIMAL equivalent, I meant to say. I'm not drunk, I swear.

bzr

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> Wow, the site is super-broken right now.

Poor, poor gerbils

Mad_Science

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> Well, it's better looking than the Chrysler Sebring.

graverobber- My Yugo Nova!

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> 110 mph? Hokey smoke, I'd have white knuckles at 50 in this thing.

Isetta

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> I bet that front end is significantly lighter at 110mph!

Sloop_John_B

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> The top speed is 110 mph, not 110 mph. Thank goodness for that.

DanDotDan

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> Its the Reg Green of Jeeps! If you can't find your Jeep Handsome, at least find it Handy!

Mysterious Utility Bento

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> And it's just as ugly as a platypus...the automotive equivalent of the 1975 AMC lineup, without the campy ironic appeal.

bzr

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> You stay away from my dunes Wojdyla!

Comrade Teargaskov

]]> <![CDATA[The Amphibious Platypus Jeep]]> Sweet!

Although it's pretty ugly. Just looking at it gave me mono...treme.

boosted-lego-wagon

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