This eBay listing ticks the boxes for many collectors, or just for people who like to look at interesting older cars. Old car buffs, World War II collectors, and people who think amphibious ...

1943 PKW Type 166 Schwimmwagen. ... Top speed is only 50 mph, but light weight, wide tires, locking diffs in both axles, and good clearance gave the Schwimm excellent cross-country ability.

The VW Schwimmwagen has four-wheel drive and runs on gasoline. According to Wikipedia , The Type 166 “is the most numerous mass-produced amphibious car in history” with 14,265 made from 1942 ...

The Schwimmwagen actually had two versions, both designed by Erwin Komenda, who would go on to create Porsches 356 and 550 and help develop the 911 (via Silodrome).

This 1943 Volkswagen Schwimmwagen Type 166 will likely end up in a museum somewhere and that's exactly where it belongs. The seller also notes that if one looks closely, they'll see evidence of ...

THIS is the bizarre, amphibious VW Schwimmwagen created for the Nazis in the Second World War. The bizarre motor actually made several appearances on the battlefield and holds the record as the mos… ...

For land, we have cars. For water, we have boats. And sometimes we have one vehicle that acts as both. Not because it's particularly practical, but because we can. On CNBC's "Jay Leno's Garage ...

Thus we get the Herzog Conte Schwimmwagen. We have no idea why this is so appealing, other than it is so utterly, blindingly ugly and looks like it might be the most dynamically compromised ...

Dieser Schwimmer ist für immer: Ein ehemaliger Soldat des Zweiten Weltkriegs fährt einen VW-Schwimmwagen des Typs 166 bis heute – und das auch noch im Alltag.

An Flüssen mündende Landstraßen und Ufer der Baggerseen sind Steilvorlagen für Schwimmwagen. Trotz der Fähigkeit, über das Wasser fahren zu können, haben sie sich im zivilen Leben nicht ...