The infamous Felicity Ace now rests at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and with it, a collection of burned high-end vehicles including some wearing the Raging Bull. In order to satisfy their outstanding deliveries for the American market, Lamborghini has restarted production of the V12 Aventador to complete the 15 units that were lost at sea.
The ill fated journey of the Felicity Ace has reverberated within the automotive community after the specialised cargo vessel had its routine journey take a turn for the worst when a fire broke out and resulted in the crew abandoning the ship. Days later, after the fire had subsided and likely destroyed most of the 4,000 Volkswagen Group vehicles onboard, it sank to the cold depths of the Atlantic Ocean and took with it 85 Lamborghini models.
While 70 of the units being ferried to Rhode Island in the United States of America were the generic Urus SUV, the remaining 15 were the highly sought after and costly Aventador Ultimae which signalled the end of the production run for the naturally aspirated poster car.
Stephan Winkelmann, CEO of Lamborghini has stated that it will be tricky to re-enter V12 Aventador production since it has ceased but the SUV shortfall suffered in the unfortunate event will be easy to remedy. We can only imagine the difficult PR task at hand explaining to the 15 monied buyers that they will have to wait even longer than expected for their prized possession to arrive.
It is unsure if the V12 Aventador production for the 15 outstanding units will mean its successor’s world premier will be delayed. Resting in the dark depths with the limited Aventador Ultimae are also 189 Bentley models but Bentley CEO Adrian Hallmark stated that they have “found a solution” to replace more than 50% of the cars that were lost.
