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Prior to his death, ex-TVR owner, Peter Wheeler, decided that despite the fact that he no longer owned TVR, he still had the fire to build wild and crazy cars. From that fire began the project that he dubbed the Scamander, which is named after the Greek river god. This amphibious machine came to life just before Wheeler?s death, but it was a very rough machine that still needed a lot of work to be perfect.
After his death, Wheeler?s wife and a group of engineers completed Wheeler?s project and made it into something that Wheeler would have been proud of. This RRV, as Wheeler called it, has a V-6 turbocharged engine that cranks out about 300 horsepower and is said to hit 60 mph in eight seconds. To boot, it has an impeller on its rear end for propulsion in the wet stuff. This impeller certainly beats the rear wheel-mounts paddles that were on the original prototype Scamander.
Image note: The images provided are of the concept version of the Scamander.
Scamander Amphibious Vehicle is Complete originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 28 May 2012 13:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/scamander-amphibious-vehicle-is-complete-ar130129.html
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