Vintage flair: The Facel Vega Facellia | Drive it!
The Facellia was an ambitious undertaking when it was launched in 1959. It was planned as a rival to Porsche and Alfa Romeo, with a sales target of 2,000 units a year. But the plans of its young manufacturer, Facel, went badly wrong. A large number of the engines failed, costing Facel warranty repairs, its reputation, and ultimately its existence. More from this edition of Drive it!: http://www.dw.com/en/drive-it-the-motor-magazine-2016-02-23/e-19022391-9798
About Facel Vega
Facel S.A. was a French manufacturer of pressed steel automobile components and, subsequently, complete automobiles of their own design. To intensify its World War II war effort, French subcontracting company for military aeronautics Bronzavia created a subsidiary called Facel (acronym of Forges et Ateliers de Constructions d'Eure-et-Loir) in December 1939. After the war, in 1945, by merging with Métallon, Facel began to make short-run special bodies, coupés or cabriolets for Simca, Ford of Fran...
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