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The Story In 1999, WaterCar started as a personal challenge to build the world’s fastest amphibious vehicle. Our early WaterCars were purpose-built vehicles, to be very fast on both land and water. After January, 2010, when Watercar established the Guinness amphibious speed record with the Python model, their attention turned to reliability and they began designing a vehicle to offer to the public.
nents that are recognizable throughout the automotive and marine industry. The Watercar team has achieved that goal. During the development years, theywere continuously approached by people around the world who wished to purchase a WaterCar. While theywere flattered by the apparent market acceptance, it was not felt that they attained a level of reliability and maintainability consistent with their personal standards and those of many prospective buyers. It was difficult to say no for all those years, but the team was adamant that they would not sell a product that they would not purchase themselves.
Fourteen years, countless successes and failures, 27 patents and untold labor hours later, all personal challenges In 2013, the team realized the Panther have been achieved. achieved the quality, reliability, and The Panther, the first WaterCar to be maintainability that allowed them to offered to the public, was created by offer the Panther for purchase. the Watercar team which is made up Each Panther is a custom vehicle built of top designers and technicians from by a incredible team of professionals Fountain Valley Bodyworks, one of the who take great pride in what they build largest, most state-of-the-art collision and how it ultimately performs. Each repair shops in the nation. one is unique. Co. Site: http://waterThroughout the Panther’s develop- car.fountainvalleybodyworks.com/ ment, the commitment was to engiVideo: http://www.youtube.com/watneer a versatile amphibious vehicle ch?v=2150iFXF5Vc built with proven off-the-shelf compo-