Amphibious HydroCar Hits Auction Block for $1 Million USD

Pro Street builder Rick Dobbertin developed the Surface Orbiter boat/car hybrid vehicle following a decade of work and over $1 million USD in costs. The one-off vehicle, colloquially know as the Hydrocar, can drive on land or water with ease thanks to its ingenious pontoon system. To give the HydroCar its transformable properties, its full-length pontoons raise on land to become the car's fenders and lower by approximately eight inches to keep it afloat in water. With a lightweight aluminum fram...