Facel Vega Model History

France · founded 1939

France's most glamorous postwar marque (1954–1964) — hand-built grand tourers with Chrysler V8 power, owned by Picasso, Sinatra, and Stirling Moss, undone by a fatally flawed in-house engine.

Models

FV / HK500

Facel Vega's founding grand tourer (1954–1961) — a Chrysler V8 wrapped in French coachwork, the fastest legitimate four-seater of its era.

Grand tourer · 1954–1961
Excellence

Facel Vega's only four-door model (1958–1964) — a pillarless, fin-tailed Chrysler-powered luxury saloon of which just 156 were built.

Luxury car · 1958–1964
Facellia

Facel Vega's smaller, affordable sports car (1959–1963) — powered by a catastrophically unreliable in-house four-cylinder that triggered the warranty claims that bankrupted the company.

Sports car · 1959–1963
Facel II

Facel Vega's last and finest grand tourer (1962–1964) — lighter and faster than the HK500, with up to 390 hp, considered one of the most handsome cars of the 1960s.

Grand tourer · 1962–1964

Other makes