In February of this year, the cargo ship, Felicity Ace, caught fire south of the Azores and, a month later, it sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Boat transported about 4 thousand cars of various Volkswagen Group brands, including Porsche, Audi, Lamborghini and Volkswagen.
The German company refused to report precisely the number of vehicles of each brand that were on the ship; however, the BBC program, TopGear, got the manifest, which is a compilation of information on the merchandise that is transported on board a means of transport and, there, the list of cars that sank appears.
“Apparently the Felicity Ace carried more than just Audis, Bentleys, Lamborghinis, Porsches and Volkswagens. In total we see about 4 thousand cars in the manifest. In addition, there were many other things on board, from fans, winches and used heavy vehicles.assures TopGear.
The vehicles that appear on the manifest are:
| Name and make of the car | Amount |
| Audi A5 Convertible | 84 |
| Audi A5 Coupe | 43 |
| Audi A5 Sportback | 147 |
| Audi e-tron | 121 |
| Audi etron GT | 1 |
| Audi Q2 | 1 |
| Audi Q3 | 297 |
| Audi Q3 Sportback | 144 |
| Audi TT | 7 |
| Audi TT Roadster | 1 |
| Bentley Bentayga | 77 |
| Bentley Continental GT | 38 |
| Bentley Continental GTC | 50 |
| Bentley Flying Spur | 25 |
| BMW 750i (2007) | 1 |
| Fendt tractors | 12 |
| Ford Mustang (2015) | 1 |
| Honda Prelude (1996) | 1 |
| Kia Soul (2014) | 1 |
| Lamborghini Aventador | 15 |
| Lamborghini Huracan | 20 |
| Lamborghini Urus | 50 |
| Land Rover Santana (1977) | 1 |
| MAN TGM (truck) | 1 |
| Mini Country Man (2019) | 1 |
| Nissan Versa Note (2018) | 1 |
| Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0 | 1 |
| Porsche Cayenne (2015) | 1 |
| Porsche Cayenne, Macan, Panamera | 30 |
| Porsche other | 558 |
| Seat Ateca | 3 |
| Volkswagen Caddy | 47 |
| Volkswagen Golf | 199 |
| Volkswagen ID.4 | 159 |
| Volkswagen Jetta (2017) | 1 |
| Volkswagen Taigo | 1 |
| Volkswagen Transporter T6 | 116 |
At the time, Volkswagen said in an interview for The Wall Street Journal that the loss of the vehicles was covered by insurance, for a figure that ranged $155 million; same that later amounted to a total of 440 million dollars, for the loss of the ship.
The Portuguese navy assured that the Felicity Ace lost stability and, consequently, ended up sinking. In his statement, he explained that there was only debris and “a small amount of oil where the ship sank and that the tugs were breaking up the oil slick with hoses.”
Photo: Portuguese Marina
The ship sank 400 kilometers off the coast of the Azores, an archipelago that is an autonomous region of Portugal; The Navy reported that no one was on board when the fire started, as personnel quickly evacuated the ship.
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