Amphibious

The amphibious Colani Sea Ranger was built on top of a Mercedes-Benz Unimog. Or at least put together using the parts from one; it’s certainly no longer recognizable as a Unimog. The Sea Ranger is part off-road utility vehicle, part camper, and part amphibious watercraft.

OK, maybe it’s not officially a Romanian Navy ship/vehicle, but when the Dacia Amfibie was created by students at the Constanta Maritime University, I couldn’t help but imagine that maybe it was destined to protect Romania’s coast along the Black Sea from marauders.

The Panther is an amphibious vehicle built by WaterCar of Fountain Valley, California, a fiberglass fabricator. Not surprisingly, the Panther is based on a custom designed fiberglass hull that has front-end styling cues that resemble a Jeep Wrangler.

Handmade in the Netherlands, the DAT Amphicruiser is designed to take on just about anything you can throw at it. The 4×4 is built on the chassis of the stalwart Toyota Land Cruiser, but has had its steel body panels replaced with ones that won’t rust.

With an eye towards developing markets that are prone to flooding, the FOMM Corporation of Japan has developed a small prototype vehicle that’s capable of better surviving a tsunami or other disaster because of its ability to float.