Editing Amphicar (section)

==History==

Production started in late 1960. By the end of 1963, complete production was stopped.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Specialty Amphicars - International Amphicar Owners Club (IAOC) |url=https://www.amphicar.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=719899&module_id=368543 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=www.amphicar.com}}</ref> From 1963 to 1965 cars were assembled from shells and parts inventory built up in anticipation of sales of 25,000<ref>Kubisch</ref> units, with the last new build units assembled in 1965. Cars were titled in the year they actually sold rather than when they were produced, e.g. an unsold Amphicar assembled in 1963 or 1965 could be titled as 1967 or 1968 if that was when it was first sold. Although the inventory could not be sold in the U.S. in the 1968 model year or later due to new environmental and USDOT emissions and safety equipment standards, they were available in other countries into 1968. The remaining inventory of unused parts was eventually purchased by Hugh Gordon of Santa Fe Springs, California.<ref>"History Of The Amphicar", International Amphicar Owners’ Club</ref>

Most Amphicars were sold in the United States. Cars were sold in the United Kingdom from 1964. Total production was 3,878 vehicles,<ref name="petro" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the Amphicar - International Amphicar Owners Club (IAOC) |url=https://www.amphicar.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=719899&module_id=365743 |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=www.amphicar.com}}</ref> of which only 97 were right-hand drive. Some were used in the [[Berlin]] police department and others were fitted for rescue operations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Specialty Amphicars - International Amphicar Owners Club (IAOC) |url=https://www.amphicar.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=719899&module_id=368543 |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=www.amphicar.com}}</ref>