ICYMI Top brass at VW have now indicated they will be replacing all the machines lost — including 15 Lamborghini Aventador Ultimae hypercars worth about a half-million bucks apiece. — via drivingdotca autonews felicityace cargoships
Other vehicles that are now sitting at the bottom of the briny deep include about 200 Bentleys and ten times that number of Audis. Porsches and VWs seem to make up the balance. While none of these vehicles are necessarily easy to replace on short notice, sheer production volumes at Volkswagen , mean customers will simply have to wait for vehicles to be redirected from other locations or for the factory to pop out a few more units.
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