The bus, a $200,000 Hydra-Terra manufactured in 2000, is patterned after a World War II amphibious vehicle known as a DUKW, or “duck,” and seats about 40 comfortably. Top speed, according to the ...
The amphibious trucks have a colorful past. The six-wheel-drive vehicle was designed and built starting in 1942 by General Motors and Sparkman & Stephens. It is a modification of the two-ton Army ...