and sexually assaulting a woman in two thousand and four this judge overseeing his sentencing also declared him a sexually violent predator all that means cost me now must undergo lifetime counseling and report to authorities. here watching the news for several lot more to tell you about including. germany s catholic church has apologized to the victims of decades of sex abuse as a new report reveals thousands of assaults and cover ups germany s leading cardinal said perpetrators must be brought to justice. the world health organization is warning of a possible ebola catastrophe in the democratic republic of congo rebel attacks in the east have forced a w w h o to suspend operations against an outbreak there where live in east africa for the latest. but first christophe is here with the business headlines and fresh turmoil over the economic crisis in argentina lay back
towards the premium sector though the price doesn t really reflect it in germany the station wagon version starts at just over twenty seven thousand five hundred euros. if we are clashing car expert christophe power is hitting the road in the unique mix of car and boat its german engineer hans triples legendary amphicar as early as one nine hundred thirty two there s so fraught automotive designer had converted his old dk w. race car into an amphibious vehicle in a stable in darmstadt but its most important creation was the amphicar seven seventy eight produced starting in one nine hundred sixty one it was the first series production amphibious vehicle made for private customers. christophe says hans klippel was obsessed with creating an amphibious car and
before the empty car was delivered to buyers every single one was tested in the pool first to make sure it was watertight still one look at the afrikaner standard equipment it s water breaking tailfins. raised exhaust pipe and obligatory paddle doesn t exactly fill christophe with confidence. but i will let it float or won t it s fine and he wonders now comes the exciting part here we go and some very important to insert the navigation right here at the rear especially when travelling at night then christophe gets in and balanced down the hatches. these are the levers on the doors are to seal everything off
navigating steep shorelines. that instead of picking up christopher says the vehicle is pretty high maintenance to after five hours in the water there are a dozen spots that need greasing and that s not his thing and the one nine hundred sixty s. most potential buyers were the same opinion of the twenty five thousand vehicles plant just three thousand eight hundred seventy eight were actually built and production ceased altogether in one nine hundred sixty eight only a few americans bought one but christophe thinks that s a real shame because as the first series production amphibious vehicle for private use the amphicar is definitely a milestone in automotive history and great fun too. at first christophe laughed at the am free car but in the end he wanted one himself no wonder the model is prized by collectors and commands high prices and fi cars in good shape can change hands for well over. fifty thousand euro is.
devoted his entire life to the idea but christophe says the passionate visionary did experience some setbacks like in december nineteenth thirty four when the car ended up at the bottom of the rhine river during a test drive but that very night triple salvaged his waterlogged vehicle and three days later it was back on the road after all the highs and lows he never let anything distract him from his vision of a triple build his last amphibious car prototype one thousand nine hundred ninety eight at the age of eighty one well it s the same high def one in the. series production of the amfi car began in one nine hundred sixty one pounds triple got financing from german and duster a list about. the amphibious car mainly targeted the u.s. market which as chris duff notes was evident from its very name. that. it was called the seven seventy because if you go around. seven miles per