13/06/2008 03:33. TURIN, Italy — It's not clear if this stunt was meant for anything other than pure promotion, but Iveco, the Italian truckmaker, is trumpeting the fact that its one-off Terramare amphibious vehicle recently made a successful 87-mile crossing of the channel between Corsica and Tuscany.

What's intriguing is that the Terramare (Italian for "land-sea") is based on the workhorse Iveco Daily 4x4 truck that's built and sold in many markets around the... // Edmunds.com/Inside Line