Jalopnik
The 4,707 Mazda vehicles onboard the "It almost sunk!" cargo ship Cougar Ace will not be sold, according to Mazda. The automaker had originally decided to sell the undamaged vehicles aboard the stricken vessel, but they've since reverse position on their decision, deciding the potential for problems was too great. Instead, the cars will be scrapped. Farewell, brave wee Mazdas. Farewell.
Mazda Won't Sell Cars From Troubled Ship [The Street]
Mazda Speaks on Ship Mishap: Cougar Ace Cars Won't Be Sold as New [Internal]
Comments
Probably will end up as spare parts...
Shit...I would have taken anything...even if it were submerged in water. Anything is better than my current ride...
they should've donated them to charity
there are plenty of poor souls in this country who could use a mildly thrashed new car. That would way outdo the pissy Oprah Cars giveaway.
Scraped! Fuc*!
Apparantly the vast majority of these cars sustained no damage whatsoever- they were securly fastened to the deck, so they didn't move around at all, and only a small portion of them were underwater.
Probably just a good legal move on Mazda's part, anyone who had any kind of mishap in their car would sue, claiming it had something to do with the Cougar Ace. Then there's the issue of wary customers, who, not understanding what happened to the cars, or what became of them, would automatically boycott all Mazda products out of fear.
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