Richard Branson (founder of the Virgin Group) set a record of less than two hours for crossing the English Channel in a car.
He did this in an Aquada, an amphibious car that costs the same as a new Ford GT ($135,000).
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/14/branson.record.reut/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/3805275.stm
(BBC has a link to a video of the event)
He did this in an Aquada, an amphibious car that costs the same as a new Ford GT ($135,000).
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/14/branson.record.reut/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/3805275.stm
(BBC has a link to a video of the event)
