The Amphicar Model 770 is an amphibious automobile, the first such vehicle mass-produced for sale to the public starting in 1961. The German vehicle was designed by Hanns Trippel ... Its name is a portmanteau of "amphibious" and "car". The Amphicar was designed to be marketed and sold in the USA...only 4000 were produced by 1965. Nevertheless, it is still among the most successful amphibious civilian autos of all time, and still often prized and preserved as novelty collectible automobiles today. Source: Wikipedia