Gibbs Aquada smashes speed record

By IBI Magazine

Following the media launch on September 3, 2003, the Gibbs Aquada has set a new amphibian speed record of 32.8 miles per hour.

The car, which turns into a boat at the flick of a switch, set the new record at Lake Windermere on Monday, October 13, as part of Windermere Speed Week, taking place this week (October 13-17).

The vehicle used was a standard, pre-production vehicle and had not undergone any modifications for the attempt.

The Aquada shattered the previous record of 9 miles per hour, set by Charles Burnett III in 1996.

"The engineering team were delighted to beat the previous record with such a margin - proving that the Aquada is the first true high speed amphibian," said Alan Gibbs, founder and chairman of Gibbs Technologies. "This is just the start - there's plenty more to come, and beating our own record will remain a priority," he continued.

Gibbs Technologies is a British based engineering company specialising in the design of High Speed Amphibian (HSA) technology.

(17 October 2003)