Facel Vega

Martin Buckley’s new book Facel Vega Grand Luxe Sportif includes over 350 photographs on 300 pages and measures 29 x 24 cms. It is the first to look in depth at the people, the politics and the products of this most glamorous of French makes interwoven with a detailed account of the career of Jean Daninos from his early days working for Citroen, his contracts with Simca, his imposing coachbuilt Facel-Bentley cars and an analysis of the fatal stumble of the Facellia.