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Article: For the Few Who Own the Finest.(Escape Roads)
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- AutoWeek
- Article date:
- March 5, 2007
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Byline: ERIC TEGLER
Advertising for the Facel Vega said it best: "For the Few Who Own the Finest.'' The few included Ava Gardner, Ringo Starr, Joan Fontaine, Tony Curtis and a raft of Saudi princes. Stirling Moss eschewed air travel in favor of driving his Vega from race to race. Albert Camus met his end as a passenger in one, doing 112 mph. Facel ownership implied that you were someone-someone with taste.
The Facel Vega was the brainchild of French industrialist Jean Daninos. Born to a prominent family and brother to noted novelist Pierre Daninos, he started a career in engineering with Citroen in 1930 before switching to the aviation industry. By 1938, ...
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