Was just browsing and found a car called the splash. This car happened to just set the record for crossing the English Channel, and no they didn’t build a bridge either. This car actually is a hydrofoil car meaning it can fly across the water on wings called hydrofoils. The design is defiantly a different look at what a car can be and pushes our perceptions however just like everything else there some history behind it. The first amphibious cars were actually invented the 1800s and weren’t even cars at all. They were amphibious carriages. In 1905 the first self propelled amphibious vehicle was invented. However it wasn’t until 1920 that things really started to go swimmingly. In the 1940s amphibious cars began to actually look like cars instead of boats with wheels. The splash however is the first of its kind although we have had amphibious cars before this is the first one with hydrofoils and thus is a new twist on a twist that already twisted.
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