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Facel-Vega Facellia F2 - the small, elegant and lively little sister

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Created on October 9, 2016

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Bruno von Rotz

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - der einzige komplett in Frankreich in Serie gebaute Sportwagen Ende der Fünfzigerjahre

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - dem grösseren Bruder wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - Radstand 2,45 Meter

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - komplett restauriertes Exemplar

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - eleganter, offener Wagen

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - über 180 km/h schnell in seiner stärksten Ausführung

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - mit dem von Facel gebauten Vierzylindermotor

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - das "F2" kennzeichnet die zweite Serie

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - mit 4,12 Metern recht kurz geraten

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - sehr übersichtlich

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - fährt sich fast wie ein modernes Auto

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - 1,58 Meter breit war der kleine Facel

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - hübsches und eigenständig geformtes Cabriolet

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - man konnte den Wagen auch mit Speichenrädern bestellen

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - schnörkellose Karosserielinie

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - passt an jeden Concours d'Elégance

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - auch mit montiertem Stoffdach elegant

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - einfach gehaltenes Heck mit speziellen Leuchten

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - sechs Rundinstrumente informieren den Fahrer, die Uhr ist überraschenderweise links angeordnet

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - das Armaturenbrett ist im gleichen Stil wie bei den grossen Facels gehalten

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - bis über 7000 Umdrehungen liess sich der Vierzylinder drehen

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - schöne Jaeger-Instrumente

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - Mittelkonsole

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - Kippschalter und Schalthebel wie bei den grossen Facels

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - scharzes Leder

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - längs eingebauter Reihenvierzylinder mit 1,6 Litern Hubraum

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - schöner Motorenbau

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - mit einem Vergaser leistete der Motor 115 SAE-PS

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - zwei Nockenwellen, die über eine Kette angesteuert wurden

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - die Nockenwellen waren nur zweifach gelagert, dafür wurden Kugellager verwendet

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - im Motorraum angebrachte Wartungshinweise

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - das Schweizer Typenschild nennt als Leergewicht 1080 kg

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - das Typenschild nennt 1300 kg Gesamtgewicht

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - Chrom und Edelstahl

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - auch die übereinanderliegenden Scheinwerfer waren typisch für Daninos

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - typisches Facel-Design

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - das Markenzeichen auf der Kühlerhaube

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - die zwei übereinander angeordneten Leuchten vorne

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - Club-Abzeichen

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - der Facellia-Schriftzug auf dem Heck

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - der Facellina-Schriftzug

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - der Hubraum ist auf der Flanke angegeben

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - die Heckleuchten

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - durchaus geräumiger Kofferraum, Platz für drei passende Koffer

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - Katzenaugen in den Stossstangen-Hörnern

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - Stossstangenhörnern hinten mit Reflektoren

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - interessant geformte Rückleuchten

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - interessante Design-Details

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1963) - eine interessante Kombination von Rundungen, Kanten und Ecken beim Coupé

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1959) - Interieur

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Facel-Vega Facellia Cabriolet (1960) - am Pariser Autosalon von 1960

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1960) - machte auf den grossen Autosalons der Zeit, wie hier in Paris, einen hervorragenden Eindruck

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1963) - das Dach lässt sich vollständig versenken

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1960) - Daninos gab den Pariserinnen das Cabrio, das sich sich schon lange gewünscht hatten

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1960) - auch von hinten hübsch anzuschauen

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1960) - Kofferaum

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Facel-Vega Facellia F2 (1961) - auf dem Stand am Genfer Autosalon 1961

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1960) - Mit J. C. Daninos

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1960) - schön gebauter aber wenig zuverlässiger Vierzylinder-Motor mit zwei obenliegenden Nockenwellen

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1960) - der Vierzylinder-Motor des kleinen Bruders, hier in der S-Version mit zwei Doppelvergasern von Weber

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1960) - der ausschliesslich für den Facellia konstruierte Vierzylindermotor

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1962) - Heckpartie der Coupé-Variante

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Facel-Vega Facellia F2 (1961) - Interieur

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1960) - Interieur

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Facel-Vega Facellia F2 (1961) - auf der Rennstrecke von Monthléry

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1963) - bei Probefahrten

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Facel-Vega Facellia (1963) - im Handlingtest

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Facel-Vega Facel III Cabriolet (1963) - nicht wirklich ein Rennwagen, aber trotzdem auch in Monthléry zu finden

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Facel-Vega Facel III (1963) - Präsentation am Autosalon von Paris im Jahre 1963 - das Ende zeichnete sich ab

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Facel-Vega Facel III Cabriolet (1963) - machte auch geschlossen eine gute Figur

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Facel-Vega Facel III Cabriolet (1963) - Heckansicht war vom grossen Coupé inspiriert

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Facel-Vega Facel III Coupé (1963) - Präsentation an der Seine in Paris

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Facel-Vega Facel III (1964) - Abbildung aus dem Faltprospekt von 1964

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Facel-Vega Facel III (1964) - Coupé im Faltprospekt von 1964

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Facel-Vega Facel III Hardtop (1963) - für das Cabrio gab es auch ein Hardtop

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Facel-Vega Facel III Cabriolet (1963) - dieses Auto hatten sich die Pariserinnen immer gewünscht

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Facel-Vega Facel III Cabriolet (1963) - offenfahren in seiner schönsten Form

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Facel-Vega Facel III Coupé (1963) - machte auch als Coupé eine gute Figur

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Facel-Vega Facel III (1963) - der Motor des Facel III kam von Volvo

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - kostete neu rund 22'000 DM oder Franken

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - der Zweinockenwellen-Vierzylinder sorgt für kräftigen Vortrieb

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - exklusiver als mancher Ferrari

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Facel Vega Facellia F2 1600 (1962) - ein toller Wagen bei schönem Wetter

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Summary

In 1959, Jean Daninos, the director of Facel Vega, landed a sensation at the Paris Motor Show: he presented the Facellia convertible, the only completely French sports car. In contrast to his large GT coupés, the Facellia had a self-developed engine, and it was precisely this that would ultimately cost Daninos his job and Facel its existence. However, the Facellia (or the Facellia) was a really good compact sports car. This driving report tells the story of the Facellia and shows it in many current and historical pictures, as well as in the sales brochure. A sound sample is also included.

This article contains the following chapters

From the body to the car
The sensation of Paris
(Almost) everything from France
The company's own engine
Small blemishes
Not fully developed
Improvements with the F2
Aerodynamic finesse
Engines from Volvo, Austin-Healey and BMW
Sporty and elegant
Further information

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Jean Daninos could be proud of his successes, because from 1945 he had gradually developed the Facel company into a successful French coachbuilder, supplying not only Simca (Aronde/Océan, among others) but also Ford (Comète). But he wanted more. At the Paris Motor Show, Daninos presented his first own sports car, the Facel Vega, with an attractive coupé design and an American V8 engine at the front. The expensive Gran Turismo sports cars were enthusiastically received and sold well, even Stirling Moss owned one, but they did not sell in large numbers. And Daninos needed them, because the orders for Ford ran out at the end of the fifties.

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