Facel-Vega
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For years, Jean Daninos had been accused of his cars being "bastards". They could not be compared with Jaguar, Ferrari or Aston Martin, which built their own engines. Daninos used Chrysler engines in his Facel-Vega. For the small Facellia, he therefore resorted to his own design and practically drove his company to ruin. However, this article focuses on the large models, which are now sought-after collectors' vehicles and fetch high prices at auctions. This article is particularly interesting because of the many historical photos and the eight original brochures.
Between 1954 and 1964, Jean C. Daninos built the extravagant Facel-Vega with a V8 engine as a coupé and, in small doses, also as a convertible. With this luxury Gran Turismo, he followed in the footsteps of the great French brands Delage, Delahaye and even Bugatti. Equipped with American V8 engines, the cars were of high quality but also very expensive, which limited sales to a few hundred units. This report portrays a Facel-Vega FV3 from 1957 and explains the ten-year development history.
At the end of the 1950s, there weren't many cars that even less talented drivers could drive really fast. The Facel Vega HK 500 ran at almost 240 km/h and allowed long journeys at top speed without any effort. No wonder racing drivers and artists liked it. This driving report tells the story of the luxury coupé and shows it in current and historical images, as well as in the sales literature of the time.
In 1959, the range of sports cars on offer was still quite limited. The magazine 'hobby' counted around 30 models and the comparison fitted onto just a few magazine pages. The author Werner Oswald saw the reason for the comparatively small number of models on offer in the transition to self-supporting bodies and the need for rationalization. This report reproduces the original wording of the article at the time and shows the vehicles mentioned in over 170 archive photos as well as in many original sales brochures
For years, Jean Daninos had been accused of his cars being "bastards". They could not be compared with Jaguar, Ferrari or Aston Martin, which built their own engines. Daninos used Chrysler engines in his Facel-Vega. But when he resorted to his own engine design for the Facellia, he ran into major warranty claims, which practically spelled the end of the once proud Facel company. This article tells the story of the little Facel-Vega and is illustrated in particular with many historical pictures and five original brochures from the time - unique!
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.
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