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  • Swiss Car Lets Motorists Drive Underwater (OF COURSE there's video :-))

    02/14/2008 12:58:20 PM PST · by Stoat · 35 replies · 1,187+ views
    Fox News / AP ^ | February 14, 2008
     (edit)The concept car developer Rinspeed calls its "sQuba" the first real submersible car(edit) Rinspeed says its car can provide a stable "flight" at a depth of 30 feet."For three decades I have tried to imagine how it might be possible to build a car that can fly underwater," says Frank Rinderknecht, Rinspeed's 52-year-old CEO and a professed James Bond fan. "Now we have made this dream come true." The car will be unveiled at next month's Geneva Auto Show.Rinderknecht says it is difficult to make a car watertight and pressure-resistant enough to be maneuverable underwater."The real challenge, however, was to...