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2 FACEL VEGA
1959 models had even bigger engines, a 5.8-litre (354 cu
in) and later a 6.28-litre (383 cu in) Chrysler V8, and
were quite a bit faster despite their extra weight. The nal
evolution of the V8 models came in 1962 with the Facel
Vega II, which was lighter, with sleeker, more modern
lines, substantially faster still, and famously elegant.
Facellia
Facel III
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the time of his death, Camus had planned to travel by
train, with his wife and children, but at the last minute
accepted his publishers proposal to travel with him.[9]
In the 1989 lm Dealers, Paul McGann, as Daniel Pascoe, drove a Facel ll.
A Facel Vega HK500 appears in computer-animated
form in the lm Ratatouille (Pixar, 2007), driven by one
of the main characters.
A Facel Vega Facellia appeared in the music video for
Caravan Palace's Dramophone.[10]
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Vega FV
Facel Vega FVS
Facel Vega HK500
Volvo engine
Facel Vega II
The small Facellia met with little success and the losses
from this, due to strong competition at the luxury end
of the market, killed o the business which closed its
doors at the end of October 1964. What was, according
to some, the best small Facel, the Facel 6, which used an
Austin-Healey 2.8-litre engine, came too late to save the
company with fewer than 30 having been produced when
the nancial guarantors withdrew their support.
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3 References
[1] L'Histoire Facel-Vega accessed 25 August 2015
[2] Sedgwick, Michael. The Facel Vega 1954 - 1964.
[3] http://www.nadaguides.com
[4] Automobilia. Toutes les voitures franaises 1962 (salon
Paris oct 1961) (Paris: Histoire & collections). Nr. 19:
Page 34. 1200.
[5] Herv Alphand, the French Ambassador to the United
States, used theirs, an Excellence, from 1956 to 1965.
It was sold @ Bonhams in Philadelphia 8 Oct 2012 for
$159,000.
[6] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQrwbzDTvSQ&
feature=youtube_gdata_player
[7] Tegler, Eric (March 1, 2007). 1959 Facel Vega HK500:
For the Few Who Own the Finest. Autoweek.
[8] de Gaudemar, Antoine (1994-04-16), This ones had a
good start born in the middle of a move, Guardian, retrieved 2008-12-21
[9] KIAD MA in Fine Art: a student run seminar.
Raimes.com. Archived from the original on May 13,
2009. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
External links
The Facel Vga Home Page
Facel Vega Club Germany + Spare Parts!
Motorbase prole
Facel Vega article on Allpar
Retro Website about Facel Vega
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