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(Might be old news to some).
Happened March 12.

https://www.newsauto.it/notizie/affo...i-2019-190548/

Grimaldi ship sinks fire on board, in smoke Porsche GT2 RS and Audi.
The ship carrying the last specimens of the Porsche GT2 RS and some Audi models sank. The 718 Cayman, Boxster, Cayenne and Audi A3, A5, Q7, RS4 and RS5 are also in smoke.

Serious accident at sea: we return to talk about ships sinking. This time it is not about boats full of emigrants, nor is Salvini involved, but the fact involves a Grimaldi ship, Grande America, which sank on 12 March on the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of France, near the Bay of Biscay.

The cause of the disaster was a fire started from one of the containers that caused the sinking of the "Grande America" with a load of over 2,000 cars, among which 4 Porsche GT2 RS, some 718 Cayman, Boxster and Cayenne together with others Audi A3, A5, Q7, RS4 and RS5 cars. Fortunately, no injuries or victims were recorded among crew members.

Pollution of the seas
The most worrying thing at the moment is the pollution of the seas caused by the spill of heavy oil following the sinking of the Great America. The reclamation operations in the Bay of Biscay operate relentlessly and the Spanish tugboat Alonso de Chaves, who sailed from Gijon (Spain), specialized in anti-pollution, joined the rescue teams. In the ship's holds there were 365 containers, 45 of which were marked as dangerous goods, over 2,000 vehicles and 200 tons of heavy fuel oil.

Porsche GT2 RS production end
The sales of the new Porsche 911 GT2 RS had started in mid-2017 and after the announcement of the prices (€ 260,000) the thousand were all booked and sold instantly. With great regret, in February, Porsche gave the official farewell to the Porsche GT2 RS with a stop to production.

The last copies left the House destined for Brazil had left a few days ago for their last crossing on the Great America merchant ship before being handed over to the last lucky owners. Unfortunately the last GT2 RS exits from the gates of the Stuttgart factory with destination Brazilian customers have had a short life: all sunk.

Porsche reopens the production of the GT2 RS
Porsche has announced to some Brazilian customers that the GT2 RS will be back in production. There are still no official confirmations from Porsche but, thanks to an anonymous tip-off, a letter sent directly from Porsche Brazil to a customer of theirs who anxiously awaited his GT2 RS was made public.

In the letter, the Brazilian headquarters of Porsche declared that the car could not be delivered due to the accident that occurred to the merchant ship with the promise to reactivate production from April with delivery scheduled for June.

This is a Porsche letter sent to GT2 RS customers, translated reads:

WE ARE SORRY TO INFORM YOU THAT BECAUSE OF A FIRE OCCURRED TO A GRIMALDI GROUP SHIP, WHO CARRYED YOUR VEHICLE, THE SAME WAS IN THE MARCH 12, 2019. FOR THIS REASON, YOUR GT2 RS CANNOT BE DELIVERED. AS PERHAPS YOU MAY KNOW, PORSCHE HAS CONCLUDED THE PRODUCTION OF THE 991 GT2 RS IN FEBRUARY 2019 AND, IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DELIVER ANOTHER CAR. BUT, FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT'S CAUSE AND CONSIDERING THAT YOU ARE A FEDELE AND GREAT VALUE CUSTOMER FOR OUR BRAND, PORSCHE HAS DECIDED TO RESUME GT2 RS PRODUCTION IN GERMANY. ITS VEHICLE WILL BE PRODUCED IN APRIL, WITH DELIVERY SCHEDULED FOR JUNE.

And for those who want to try their recovery, there are several Porsche GT2 RS at the bottom of the Atlantic at about 4,600 m of depth waiting to be recovered.