Cargo ship carrying 4,000 cars sinks in Atlantic Ocean

Fox News ^ | March 1, 2022 12:39pm EST | By Gary Gastelu |

[PGR88]

If each car averaged $50,000 value (its probably higher) - that’s a $200,000,000 cargo at the bottom of the ocean!

[proxy_user]

The ship was bound for Rhode Island, but caught fire thousands of miles away.

[carcraft]

The Capt of the ship got the call,” we heard your cars warranty has expired”.

[dfwgator]

I think all my guns were on that boat too.

[Ezekiel]

So many really odd things happening lately.

"Approximately 4,000 primarily from Volkswagen Group brands.."

On May 28, 1937, the government of Germany—then under the control of Adolf Hitler of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party—forms a new state-owned automobile company, then known as Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH. Later that year, it was renamed simply Volkswagenwerk, or “The People’s Car Company.”

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/volkswagen-is-founded

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[jjotto]

I saw one report that the whole cargo claim would be $438 million.

Starting price on almost any of these except some VWs would be $100K plus. Some 2x - 4x that much.

[Kartographer]

So who is up for a treasure hunt? There 400 catalytic converters to be had!!

[Red in Blue PA]

Porsches and Lamborghinis onboard

Ouch

[Tallguy]

They were headed to Rhode Island. The fire broke out somewhere near the Azores.

[mgstarr]

Risky Business?

[Tallguy]

LOL!

[TexasGator]

“the article states that there were lithium-ion battery powered electric vehicles on board and were suspected of the cause of the fire...”

The article states that the source is unconfirmed but ‘some’ suspect an EV fire.

I think some suspect Russian sabotage.

[FarCenter]

So I knew it — we got underwater cars before we got flying cars.

Gravity rules.

"There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky."

- Blue water Navy truism

[faithhopecharity]

I guess my new Lamroghini may have to wait?

RATS!

[newfreep]

IIRC, James Bond had a nice underwater Lotus...

[calljack]

I keep getting calls about my vehicle warranty, so maybe........

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Raise the ship, take the cars to the scrappers in Missouri! Instead of scrapping them, they will clean them, straighten dents, get them running. Then slip them down into Arkansas where they can be sold through the Auto Auctions without titles.

And for $45 they can get a good clean Arkansas title showing the autos have never been wrecked or flooded, and ONLY driven to Church on Sundays by the car dealer’s grandma.

[nascarnation]

Based on pics I’ve seen of battery fires, there may not be much usable stuff to rehab there.

[heavy metal]

there you go thinking again...

[redshawk]

Ahhhhhhh
the Bundy Bounce....