Lamborghini To Replace Final Run Of Aventador Ultimaes Lost In Cargo Ship Fire

Of the nearly 4,000 cars that were on board the Felicity Ace cargo ship when it caught fire and eventually sunk, more than a dozen were Lamborghini Aventadors. That caused a problem for the Italian automaker as it had already ended Aventador production to make way for the supercar's successor. This left paying customers without the final-run examples they had ordered, though they can rest easy now knowing that Lamborghini will replace the 15 Aventador Ultimaes that are roughly 10,000 feet underwater off the coast of Portugal.

This move was announced by Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann during a media roundtable with European journalists on Thursday. In total, there were 85 Lamborghinis destroyed in the incident, though most of them were Urus SUVs, which are still in production. Winkelmann mentioned those but specifically focused on the Aventador Ultimaes, which are hand-assembled and cost more than $500,000.

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