Lamborghini Aventador production could restart after Felicity Ace fire

Lamborghini is currently waiting to assess the damage from last week's Felicity Ace cargo ship fire, with its Aventador supercar potentially coming back into production to fulfil customer orders.

A number of Volkswagen Group brands were affected by the blaze, with Porsche, Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini all reportedly having vehicles en route to customers aboard the ship.

However, the problem may cause further issues for Lamborghini on the count of its Aventador now being out of production, with those on ship believed to be a handful of the final examples making their way to customers in the United States.

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The Felicity Ace on fire

In an interview with Automotive News, Lamborghini America CEO Andrea Baldi said the company was waiting to assess the condition of vehicles aboard the ship, with the potentially ruined examples having to be replaced in some way.

"We don't know yet the final outcome. We also are waiting for official information for the time being," said Baldi.

"We have informed our dealers, and they have informed our customers, because whatever happens, in any case, there will be a delay.

"At the moment, we don't know, and we will have to deal with the problem it will present. The car is sold out, so there is always a possibility out of 563 units that some cancellation can allow an Aventador replacement, but I prefer to hope for the time being that at least the few Aventadors on the ship will be safe."

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Baldi expects a wait time of at least six months for affected Aventador customers in the United States, with the damaged vehicles either having to be replaced entirely by new builds or with some form of financial compensation.

It's estimated the damages from the cargo ship fire could total US$401 million (AU$556m).