Now resting on the backside of the Atlantic Ocean, the Felicity Ace cargo ship succumbed to its accidents, sinking after sustaining tremendous fire damage. The vessel, carrying over 4,000 automobiles in its maintain, caught alight and remained on fireplace as rescuers and emergency personnel attempted to control the flames. Onboard had been myriad luxurious automobiles, with round 200 Bentleys and quite a few Lamborghinis perpetually misplaced to The Pond.

Among the many prestigious automobiles had been 15 Lamborghini Aventador Ultimaes, forcing the Italian company to recreate what’s, primarily, the swansong of the Aventador lineage. It might not be straightforward, however Lamborghini will be capable to rebuild the misplaced automobiles. Fellow VW Group member Porsche has additionally expressed its plans on the way it will take care of the lack of 1,000 automobiles, says Autocar, with CEO Oliver Blume saying the corporate must recuperate manufacturing.

Discussing the matter on the model’s annual outcomes assembly, Blume mentioned, “Sadly, the ship sunk and we had over 1,000 automobiles on the ship. Now it is as much as us to recuperate the manufacturing whereas we’re confronted with all of the challenges: semiconductors, the provision chain – particularly with the Ukrainian battle – however we’re used to working with challenges during the last two years.”

Regardless that Porsche is a comparatively massive producer, changing 1,000 misplaced automobiles is a tall order, particularly with the present challenges going through the automotive trade. The CEO has not specified which automobiles have been misplaced to the nautical incident, however even the most cost effective 911 fashions price a reasonably penny. When information of the hearth first broke, YouTuber Matt Farah took to Twitter to announce that his 718 Spyder was one of many automobiles on board.