Hans Trippel (1908 - 2001) was a German

industrial designer Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advance of the manufactur ...

, responsible for the designs of the,

Trippel SG6 The Trippel SG 6 was a ''Schwimmwagen'' (amphibious vehicle) developed in the 1930s and used by the German ground forces during the Second World War. History In 1935 Hanns Trippel began to design all-terrain amphibious vehicle prototypes. In 1 ...

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Gullwing's door and the

Amphicar The Amphicar Model 770 is an amphibious automobile which was launched at the 1961 New York Auto Show, manufactured in West Germany and marketed from 1961 to 1968. Production stopped in 1965. Designed by Hans Trippel, the amphibious vehicl ...

. Trippel was born on 19 July 1908 in the

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area and died 30 July 2001, in 64711 Erbach / Odenwald. In 1934 he embarked upon a career as a racing driver. In retrospect he is better remembered for the development of amphibious motor vehicles. Also noteworthy is his membership of the quasi-military SA. As an active supporter of the German regime in 1940 when France was invaded by Germany, Trippel took over control of the

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plant at

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. Following Germany's defeat in 1945, he was interned as a war profiteer by the French authorities for three years until 1949.

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Pictures of Hanns Trippel and his Amphicar
1908 births 2001 deaths {{Germany-engineer-stub