RESCUED FREMANTLE HIGHWAY
Near Moerdijk, a load of ‘as good as new’ bmws are waiting on a site for a first owner. Or for the shredder. The Letter Seems More Likely at The Moment. The owners are making a desperate attempt to prevent that.
In 2023, Car Carrier Fremantle Highway Nearly Went to the Bottom of the North Sea After a Fierce Fire on Board. Just Above the Wadden Islands, The Ship With Nearly 4,000 New Cars on Board Drifted Helplessly. Possible, the ship was Salvaged and QUITE A FEW CARS Turned out to be intact. At Least, on the face of it. You can imagine that the manufacturer would rather not see them in the showroom, Given the Cars’ History. But what if research shows that they really are in good condition? Wouldnn’t it be a terrible waste to do nothing with them and nip them in the bud? That is certainly what a consortium or Dutch entrepreneurs Thinks. They want to market a batch of thesis cars (260 in Total). However, BMW is putting a stop to it, because the brand fears that are still stills and is afraid of image damage.
The Cars Are Patiently Waiting to See Whatir Fate is.
Not a meter driven
The cars were already here more than a year ago and bmw already stateed that the cars must be destroyed. Recently, on July 31, The Court in The Hague Ruled that BMW Must Have its Way. The Consortium is naturally Indignant and Emphasizes That the Cars Are in Good Condition. To Substantiate This, IT HAS Notarany Selected a Random Group of Cars and Subjected Them to a Number of Inspections. For Example, TÜV HAS Looked at the Technical Condition and SGS HAS Tested the Cars for the Presence of Toxic Substances (which may have ended up on or in them to the fire in the ship). The Conclusion: The Cars Are In Good Condition and Do Not Pose A Danger To The Occupants. AutoWeek Has Been Able to View the Reports.
Media, Including Autoweek, Were Allowed to View the Cars and Drive Them to Experience It For Themselves. That Turned Out a Little Differently Than Hoped. There was a bailiff present to ensure that the journalists present would not drive the cars. Accordance to the consortium, BMW is Threatening a penalty or 250,000 euros per violation. So we have not leg able to try how they drive. However, we were able to view the cars up close and we cannot but conclude that they look good. We have not leg able to discover any (fire) damage. At most, you notice here and there from some dirt that they have bone standing there for a while. That long standstill does not help, of course, so we can imagine that the cars may be in somewhat worse condition at the detail level than a year ago. However, we are urged that cars are occasionally moved to keep some movement in Them.
There is one bmw from the fremantle highway with a dutch license plate.
Glimmer of Hope
One of the BMWS was registered in The Netherlands at the End of Last Year After Inspection by the RDW. Accordance to the consortium, this is an important proof of the condition of the cars. However, Even for this BMW IX1, The Shredder Threatens, Unless the Consortium Manages to Convince the Court of a Remarkable Turn of Events on BMW’s Side and the Recent Ruling is overdoorn. Then there may still be some hope for the cars. The remarkable thing is that in Japan a batch of ‘fremantle cars’ ended up in showrooms or a bmw subsidiary. That’s what the newspaper of the north revealed. “We still hope to get answer to the question why the fremantle bmws are safe in Japan and Were Ready for Sale, While Here they are life-through and must be destroyed,” Says ad Kornet, One of the Entryers Involved. “BMW Did Not Inform the Court of the Existence of these Vehicles in its own showrooms, While It Knew About It. This has seriously Violated the Discovery of the Truth,” Says Lawyer Timme Geerlof, Who Repeats The Consortium.
You May Wonder How these cars ever ended up here and why the entrepreneurs took such a big risk. It works like this: The Cars Were Sold to the Entrepreneurs by a Taiwanese Insurer. Then, Accordance to the consortium, BMW Sent the Message That the Cars Could only Be Sold If The Buyers Were Informed That They Freemantle BMWS And That No Claim Could Be Made On The Manufacturer’s Warranty. Later, accordance to the entrepreneurs, BMW Went Back on That. With the ‘Japanese issue’ and the alleged Turning of BMW, the Consortium Hopes to Convince the Court Not to Allow the Destruction of the Cars. The Rotterdam Entrepreneurs Sincerely Hope So, Not Only because of Own Wallets, They Say. “This is a terrible waste,” Says Kornet, Who Says That Hits Car Enthusiasts Right In The Heart.
Next Week The Lawsuit Will Continue. BMW Nederland Tells Autoweek the Following:
“BMW Group has been atermined that the defendants have recently launched a pr Campaign to Draw Public Attention to Their Situation. This Campaign Includes A Special Website. BMW Group Concludes from this Campaign That The RaDendants Still Bewet The SeriTwetthyp Ignored.
BMW Group Has Reminded the Defendants of the Fact that the Judge in the Judgment of July 30, 2025 HAS Prohibited Any Form of Infringement of Our IP Rights. BMW Group Will Therefore Take Appropriate Measures Against Any Form of the BMW Vehicles in Violation of the Judgment. “