FACEL VEGA II 2 1962 - Test Drive in top gear | 6.3L Chrysler Typhoon V8 engine sound | SCC TV

[@robbertblok5612]

As a student from Holland, studying in Grenoble in ‘79 we went with a group of 8 friends to Nice for a week, driving there in a ds and an Amazone. We had lots fun of beach-time. One day we went for the beach and parked at the boulevard there was this car, silver wirh a red interior. I was completely stunned and told my friends to go ahead and I would catch up later. I sat on a bench opposite the car for half an hour and looked at every detail. Since then my love for cars emerged but I’ll never forget the combo friends, sun and beach and surely not Facel Vega.

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Sounds like a pretty damn good day back in 79! 💪

[@robbertblok5612]

@@SuperCarClassicsTV oh yes, for a young student I was very privileged to be able to live like that.

[@grahamjones4860]

On a cold January morning in 1966 I was hitch hiking at the start of the Munich - Stuttgart autobahn, a Facel Vega 2 stopped for me. For the next hour I enjoyed the experience of traveling at a steady 130 MPH. I now own one of Stuttgart's finest products and even after all these years it is still the most glamorous car I have ever been in.

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Incredible that car experiences can leave such everlasting memories! Thank you for sharing one! Ciao, Walter

[@felawes]

Always been one of the most stylish cars ever built. Quite stunning. And what super condition for this specimen. Wonderful.

[@jurivlk5433]

Oh my God! One of the most beautiful cars ever made!

[@GeorgeDaymondLush]

One of the most beautiful cars ever built. And a well made video

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Thanks for the compliment! Kind regards, Walter

[@deepfreezevideo]

You did an excellent job, and thank you for dialing BACK the very nice music at the right spots so that we could hear the CAR doing the talking.

[@cerebroh1634]

Superbe, elle à un petit côté Aston Martin, Rolls et Buick. De la grande est belle Voiture Française. Juste MagnifiQUE ! Respect

[@hotchkiss4878]

Extraordinaire oui;..... mais sûrement pas comparable à celles que vous citez Le Style Daninos est unique !

[@cerebroh1634]

@@hotchkiss4878 Au final, ont à pas besoin d'être comparé quand on est unique. Très juste. Nous avons perdu beaucoup de prestige dans le domaine automobile. C'est regrettable quand on est face à de tel Bijou.

[@hotchkiss4878]

@@cerebroh1634 Vrai, nous avons hélas perdu beaucoup avec la disparition de nos marques de prestige

[@jmfleureau8662]

Oui, mais en mieux.

[@dsldriver9900]

When these cars were new I fell in love with them, and to this day I still think they are the most beautiful car ever made.

[@gregbartlett5818]

Agreed.

[@philippeimac]

Beautiful pictures! thank you!

[@dwaynejperry]

The symmetry of the center console and center dash area is beyond candy to my eyes! Those old long throw toggle switches and levers! So beautiful. I am not sold on the looks of the rear exterior profile. But a very beautiful rare car. Thanks for the video!

[@edgeworldpictures6831]

Gorgeous vehicle. Breathtaking.

[@toobydoo]

Proof that magic can be had when Europe and America meet.

[@eugeneviollet-le-duc5971]

La France et l’Amérique…

[@davidpacome5175]

Cette automobile est une véritable œuvre d’art! Jusqu’au moindre détail.. La combinaison du bleu et de ce splendide intérieur est magnifique et somptueux… Quel tableau de bord!! Ce faux bois est incroyable et les commandes de ventilation et de chauffage nous plongent dans l’univers aéronautique!! À quand la renaissance de cette marque de prestige française? Sublime!!!

[@felix25ize]

Une gifle à la face de Rolls -Royce et Mercédès ...

[@Gaspard-uc4iv]

​@@felix25izen'exagerons pas!

[@yves-noel-mariegonnet1043]

Magnifique! Magnifique! Magnifique! Mythique et Culte! En français = RUTILLANTE. Chaleureux encouragements! Chaleureuses Félicitations! Merci!

[@MrTolesi]

One too many Ls TGN - but the gretaest1

[@Sihodude]

The most beautiful car ever, it holds it own against anything else, hands down :-) great video showing of the beautiful design and the silent monster under the hood :-)

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Thanks Simon, you're welcome! Ciao, Walter

[@Higlyinlo]

Thank you for posting this. I owned an HK500, in the late '70's. The Facel II was the top of the line then. Wish we still had interesting and beautiful cars like Facel and Iso on the roads today, instead of a vast sea of gray SUV's.

[@constantin1959]

my primary school teacher had one of these; I still remember it fifty years later !!

[@MrTolesi]

You must have been to an expensive school!

[@jeanpascaud4218]

@Constantin. OUI vous avez eu 1 enseignant très fortuné. Hélas, pour sa part, c"est dans cette voiture qu'Albert Camus , prix NOBEL de llittérature , a perdu la vie. C'était une 4 portes.

[@jeanpascaud4218]

@Jochen B Je suis français et je CONFIRME! J'ai découvert que ce merveilleux tableau de bord est en tôle peinte au Salon Rétromobile à Paris en Janvier ou Février 2019. Plus beau qu'un original en ronce de noyer !

[@steverimmer2464]

Great video of a piece of super rare exotica, great colour, I want it.

[@adam1othman]

its because of cars like these that france is my second favourite car nation.... come back french super cars, the world needs you for beauty, colour, character. and something that the british and the germans simply don't. Emphasis on the beauty of travel in general

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Adam Othman Hey, so glad you liked my video! Hopefully you'll find some more in all the videos I have made over the last couple of years. Thanks for your support! Stay tuned for a lot more exciting SCC-stuff in 2015. Regards from the Netherlands, Walter

[@adam1othman]

SuperCarClassics - The world's most appealing classic car channel! good stuff to hear Walter. i love the videos you put out and they really allow someone to capture the experience of these glorious machine. keep doing what you're doing!

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

I certainly will. Next year I hope to make some more in-depth videos. Only still looking for the way to do it ;-).

[@adam1othman]

SuperCarClassics - The world's most appealing classic car channel! glad to hear! cheers

[@jeanpascaud4218]

@Adam Othman. J'adore les voitures qui affichent des compteurs de température et pression d'huile, etc à la manière d'1 cockpit d'avion. Aujourd'hui , on n'a plus rien à surveiller dans nos charrettes électroniques.

[@albertseabra9226]

Thank you for such an excellent video. What a gorgeous car, what a splendiid colour! Truly, it brought me child hood memories. One of my relatives owned a Converible , here in Portugal. I loved ridding in the plush, soft-leather seat enjoying the wind, the leather smell.... In my view, the car was classier and better than the Mercedes 190. And was even superior to its replacement, the Mercedes 230 (not being offered yet at the time). There was also a smaller model, the FACELLIA.. Thanking you once again, Warm regards, Albert

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Thank you, Albert. I am glad to have made you happy!

[@paulinegarcia888]

Beautiful car. The first time I saw it was in a photo of Ringo Starr behind the wheel.

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Pauline Garcia Yes, I think he owned one indeed!

[@jochemb.1748]

When I was a young man, I saw one of these in the street and immediately fell in love with, especially with all that leather and the wooden dashboard. Very much later I had to learn that there were never wooden dashboards in Facel Vegas, only in wood design painted steel😭😭😭

[@leneanderthalien]

Yes but the hand paint wood design need high skills to be perfect and cost MORE that real wood...

[@laurentdecker2984]

I've been loving Facel Vegas since I saw a HK500 in the streets in Normandy in 1971 (I was 6). Now I need one badly! Your video is simply cooool. Facel cars have a short History. Jean Daninos created FACEL (Forges et Ateliers de Construction d'Eure et Loire) in the 1930s to manufacture aircraft parts. After the war, he notably built aluminum bodies-in-white and some complete Ford Comete or e.g. Simca Plein Ciel, Brentley MkVI,... When he decided to produce HIS car, his brother popular writer Pierre Daninos suggested to add the name of ... "say a constellation" after Facel. Then... :-)

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

+Laurent Decker Great story Laurent, thanks for telling!

[@laurentdecker2984]

+SuperCarClassics - You're welcome. Just a precision, to find this particular Bentley: "Bentley MkVI facel-metallon coupé" Enjoy Facels!

[@notvalidcharacters]

Apparently the car left them speechless...

[@colinpadley1897]

That's wonderful, the engine sounds glorious.

[@MrClingclong]

French style. Beautiful.

[@eugeneviollet-le-duc5971]

L’élégance Française, le luxe Parisien sur roue...

[@frankh2811]

A thing of beauty is a joy forever

[@felix25ize]

The classiest car ever!

[@fontheking5]

Such a beautiful car , and i love the sound of that big Chrysler v8 engine :)

[@felix25ize]

Fascinating ! An automobile idol !

[@APetta-xo4fk]

Art Deco at its finest!!! Masterpiece!

[@allenpinnix5241]

in a word- gorgeous

[@clementrodrigue]

I am amazed by the beauty of this automobile - which we classify in "Beautiful from yesteryear". Today's models (regardless of the brand) have no stamp and nor any class. I don't know the Facel models, but the ones I saw have a lot of class. It's a bit because I'm an American, Canadian, Quebecer from Quebec City 😋 But I must admit that this french automobile is very beautiful.

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

I agree Clément, she's a pure beauty!

[@desalpagesgator4988]

Merci cousin d'Amérique !!!

[@archstanton5385]

very beauty !!! Dean Martin had such a car. Front lights same as mercedes

[@gil7555]

Arch Stanton : Non , Mercedes a purement & simplement copié FACEL et non l' inverse ! ( Mercedes Pagode par exemple )

[@raphaelsimeon8618]

Gil 75 c'est exactement ça... La pagode lui ressemble étonnement

[@gpholtz]

Striking car, excellent photography!

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Thanks, that's a very nice compliment! All the best! Walter

[@gpholtz]

A feast for the eyes, superb photography and car!!!!!!!!! OOps, second time I am delighted! hahahaha

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

You cannot tell me enough how much you like my photography. Keeps me motivated to make more of them! So thanks a lot! Have a good weekend, Walter

[@ce253]

Quand je vois cette beauté, p....., il faut la refaire! Un bon moteur, puissant, fiable, quitte à utiliser un moteur hybride pour satisfaire les obligations écologiques, améliorer sa sécurité globale. Quant à l'esthétique globale, il n'y avait rien à jeter. Bien entendu, à remettre au goût du jour, tendances 21ème siècle.En l'état, sans la comparer à une Bugatti Atalante, ça reste peut-être ce que l'automobile française a conçu de plus beau... Comment a-t-on pu laisser mourir une telle marque? Incroyable et incompréhensible... Allez Mr Bernard Arnault, un petit effort...lancez-vous dans la voiture de luxe...

[@felix25ize]

Le " libéralisme " giscardien, féru de rentabilité immédiate; et c'est bien pire maintenant !

[@itslife2966]

Magnifique !!

[@brentg3707]

beautiful car

[@garymckee8857]

The 383 sounds great beautiful vehicle.

[@Hot80s]

any videos of a manual 383 or 413 version? love the sound of these cars.

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Hot80s Not till so far I guess. But maybe in a few weeks a video of a very rare Facel Vega Excellence will be there!

[@gf4353]

Hot80s I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT KNEW THAT. CHRYSLER POWER !!!

[@lacroixphilippe5433]

Étrange que l'on vante encore cette voiture aussi belle que peu sûre.

[@simonfleming886]

Could quite easily have been a "BOND" car

[@SaiKumar-wd4hj]

wonderful car 👌👌👍👍

[@duncanpeterson9531]

1962 was a very good year; 'twas the year I was born!

[@dave03085]

What a car

[@johnerdmann2700]

BEAUTIFUL ETERNAL TIME STOPS

[@jamesh7571]

Now that's a mystery car indeed 😉

[@CEng-ge6sw]

In 1961 I spent a holiday in Brighton on the south coast of England and, several times, saw a Facel Vega very similar to this - and the same colour. On one occasion I was walking along the promenade when it glided to rest just in ahead of me and four people got out of it. Two days later, when I had returned home, there was a report in my daily newspaper that a Facel Vega had crashed on the outskirts of Brighton killing all four passengers.

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

That is both chilling and sad. Reminds me of a holiday in the USA where I had to give first aid to a severly wounded man after a car accident, and that I read on internet that he had survived when I got back to Holland...

[@MartinAHLoyd]

Back in the very late 60s, I was front seat passenger in a gorgeous black Facel Vega 2 (with an equally gorgeous blond sitting on my lap) and three other friends in the back + my chum the driver. At (admittedly) fairly high speed on the Ascot Road in Berkshire, England, a private double decker Bingo Bus turning right into our road pulled out directly across our path. We swerved behind the bus slightly clipping its rear, mounted the wide pavement (sidewalk/footpath) which collapsed our front suspension, then travelling on down the pavement we hit a Mini (parked on the pavement would you believe!) which smashed into the adjacent brick wall and rebounded back into our Facel Vega, throwing the car into a lamp post and finally into the side of a bus shelter. Remarkably I was the only physically injured party with a very tiny shard of glass from the quaterlight imbedded in my forehead ( I can still feel the scar). But what REALLY hurt was the article of the accident which appeared days later in the local newspaper which told of a vehicle accident involving a bus and a... "Vauxhall Viva"!!!! That, along with the demise of a very beautiful and rare motorcar, still causes me to cringe... (True story)

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

@@MartinAHLoyd A well meant 'O my...' is very approriate here! What a story and glad that no one was very badly injured, certainly taking into account that Facels were notorious for their poor safety. I was expecting and hoping that the gorgeous blonde on your lap became to be your lawfull wife... What became of her 😄💪?

[@deepfreezevideo]

It's like having a dream about the most beautiful girl you've ever seen, and you're out on a date with a very certain positive conclusion...this car hits all the right notes, has all the visual and sensual delights, and wants you to take it all the way home.

[@laurentf6898]

The french actor Jean Marais owned six Facel Vega !

[@mattisyrtos5434]

Sacrée voiture, elle est vraiment belle....

[@keithleeuwen877]

Great !

[@didierlemoine6771]

Une Facel Vega hybride 400 cv pour 2020 SVP ?

[@itslife2966]

même 300ch ou 250 suffirait… là on serait pas sur la sportivité, mais le luxe… c'est à ce niveau qu'il faudrait mettre les moyens... Pour la France, pays du luxe, avoir une auto qui le représente, serait formidable et assez logique !! Que nos vœux ce réalises :-)

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

Fabriqué en Algerie?

[@philippecordier5990]

@@MarttiSuomivuori parce qu'il y a des voitures de luxe fabriquées en Algérie ?

[@philippecordier5990]

Une hybride avec un petit V6 serait le top!

[@felix25ize]

@@philippecordier5990 Même du temps où l'Algérie était française, je ne crois pas; et maintenant, encore moins; aucune voiture, en fait ...

[@alexandermathar7780]

How fast would it get with a Hellcat Demon engine? 350 km/h?

[@Cheezwizzz]

French design, American power, what’s not to adore 🥰

[@denislesperance852]

bad roadholing !!!

[@Cheezwizzz]

@@denislesperance852 bad spelling 😁

[@reinerhildebrand5915]

Welch ein Auto!

[@leneanderthalien]

The weight was 1660kg not 1880...: this is a relative lightweight in comparision with modern cars such category... This car in the video, is a american market model (specific headlights), 355hp with automatic drive (single carburetor engine)

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

leneanderthalien Hey, so glad you liked my video! Hopefully you'll find some more in all the videos I have made over the last couple of years. Thanks for your support! Regards from the Netherlands, Walter

[@1258-Eckhart]

Wonderfully elegant cars, such a shame that the little Facellia killed the company.

[@Mr.Potato1962]

Beautiful, yes but Very Quiet....

[@pauldean6647]

I found one on a tiny little car lot In 72 needed a engine . It was black with black interior I remember the salesman telling me it had a Chrysler drive train 2500 it needed to be restored

[@pietrocalcioli8169]

Molto bella..!

[@tristan9680]

What's the song

[@matthewhull8282]

It's like French Mopar.

[@anthonyxuereb792]

Better than a Rolls

[@waltertaljaard1488]

Is die net zo duur als die HK 500 Excellence, Nico ?

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Tikkeltje duurder maar ;-).

[@waltertaljaard1488]

Jammer genoeg niet in staat om mij al dat moois wat jij hebt te kunnen veroorloven. En door mijn MS veroordeeld tot het rijden in automaten. (Saab 95 2.3 T; ook niet zo verkeerd trouwens) Maar vind wel dat jij een super mooi bedrijf hebt, waar ik al mee bekend ben sinds jullie je nog ''Alfa Aaldering'' noemden. En blij dat jullie die crisis hebben overleefd.SuperCarClassics - Getting YOU into the Classics!

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Hi Walter, ik zal het doorgeven aan Nico. Dank voor je complimenten en mooie woorden. Heel veel autoplezier gewenst. Vriendelijke groet, Walter (ja, inderdaad, ook Walter)

[@mohmoudfarah1897]

Nice!

[@paulkile9998]

It would have been nice to have some commentary...

[@voltenuclear1740]

Pas mal non ? C'est français !

[@fr-tigerfangs7039]

Beautiful car... This electric blue with the creme upholstery, what an outstanding match! Can't help but wonder where all this French automobile know-how has gone through the years. Probably one answer: down the drain. So sad.

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Renault, Peugeot, Citroën etc... but I guess you mean where the beautiful designs went? ;-). Ciao, Walter

[@fr-tigerfangs7039]

I'm talking Facel Vega, Alpine, Hispano-Suiza, Delage, Delahaye... Great names, but all gone (as far automotive pedigree is concerned). France being the birthplace of the automobile industry, what an unfortunate twist of fate to see that these marvels are now long gone.

[@alexandermathar7780]

What happens when you put a NASCAR Superbird engine in it ?

[@Aivar09]

French car and starts with the letter F. You can call him (FV-II)... F-antomas.)))

[@Gaspard-uc4iv]

La France savait produire de très belles autos

[@RAF71chingachgook]

The best Lincoln wasn't a Lincoln.

[@sergiodavid5025]

Coches muy bonitos pero poco reconocidos

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Es verdad!

[@pobinr]

Beautiful car shame about the needless cheesy music

[@1cryinprofit]

I drove one 12 feet backward, my dad kicked my ..... I was 14. I used to sit in it and just dream. Sold 5 years ago for $271,000 @ Pebble Beach auction

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

1cryinprofit Nice reply. Thanks man! Very special car indeed with a stunning dashboard... Regards! Walter

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station fuel pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime :-(/

[@ben-c5t]

I was a big Fan of Aston Martin Lagonda until i saw the interieur of that car. The Lagonda2 was produced in 1976 and it s interieur even in a restaurated exemplar looks cheap, shabby and unsound. Lot of the " seventies High tec" in it, today it is impossible to fix. And then, look at this Facels Console and dashboard. it seems from undestroyable noblesse.

[@davidsanders1991]

You could have said something during the video. A comment would have been nice.

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Would love, but I am not allowed to. In the future this probably will become reality, so please check the channel so once in a while ok? Until then, enjoy the layback no-comment videos... Ciao, Walter

[@andrejveho]

Franch Bentley

[@leneanderthalien]

You are right: Jean Daninos, the creator from Facel Vega was a Bentley lover but he's dream was to made he's "hown Bentley" different and more sporty ...the nicests Facel Vega was the HK500 and the Facel 2 who use 2 different engines cubics this 6270cc 340HP (automatic or manual gearbox) and a 6769cc engine who produce 400HP (second only awailable with manual gearbox)

[@andrejveho]

@@leneanderthalien Voisin is French Rolls

[@andrejveho]

@@leneanderthalien only French luxry car is a Bugati

[@leneanderthalien]

@@andrejveho today yes, but before WW2 and a bit after, they was very numerous...

[@jackbailey7037]

Apart from great cinematography and wonderful paintwork, we learn very little, and the 'engine sound' disappoints.

[@mebeasensei]

Give you 200 bucks.

[@rogeralsop3479]

Albert Camus's downfall.

[@kenmayfield3739]

Probably the only good looking vehicle ever to come out of France.

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

No, but yet close... 😉

[@jakekaywell5972]

*ANGRY DELAHAYE, SALMSON, AND CITROEN NOISES*

[@10wanderer]

Take out the engine and transmission . replace with modern Corvette Engine an running gear plus suspension and steering what a perfect car .ITS THE STYLE THAT,S IMPORTANT !!!

[@MrTolesi]

Sacrilege!

[@10wanderer]

@@MrTolesi rubbish that Chrysler engine was thirsty , very, the new Vet Engine makes 450bhp, with a TransAxle all alloy suspension. 30 mpg cruising, The car looks the same inside and out but benefits woth modern gear unless of course you have a Fetish with 1950s engines etc , mmhh

[@martintaper7997]

Seems so "unFrench", but it was and is.

[@metalman4141]

The engine sounds vulgar compared to the gorgeous body styling, not a very harmonious marriage !

[@lorenzomagazzeni5425]

Could have been designed by Carl Barks for Uncle scrooge. No personality, no distictive look.

[@pantani9886]

This when France actually made some decent cars, unlike now with their awful, unreliable, boring junk!

[@stephenhobbs1052]

The Hyundai Getz is a far superior vehicle than this.. much nicer interior detailing for a start and the 1.3 litre 3 cylinder engine sounds so sweet.

[@jakekaywell5972]

Well-crafted troll comment right here.

[@wendellworth353]

Nice engine....rest is junk.

[@SuperCarClassicsTV]

Quite frankly, yes. Design is great too though!

[@gil7555]

Wendell worth: In the idiot' s kingdom , Connards are ' K.I.N.G..! ' ( French expression )

[@shawnweed265]

Great style...inside and out...an Amazing car