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This article is going to cover the details about the Facel Vega as a brand in general and not any specific model. Whilst reading up about coach built cars from the 50's and 60's I managed to come across the Facel Vega brand. The Facel Vega brand really intrigued me as a car enthusiast and got me digging deeper. what your going to read in this article is a culmination of all the interesting facts that I came across.   History behind Facel Vega The Facel Vega is a car company that blends American muscle with French opulence and luxury. Facel is a company that was born as a division of Bronzavia, a French aeronautics company present to date, supplying sheet and metal, mechanically welded assemblies for aeronautics.  The parent company behind Facel  The founding figure behind the whole operation was Jean Daninos, he was the one responsible for Forges et Ateliers de Construction d'Eure-et-Loir , or (Facel) in 1939. They were first producing machine tools for the airc...

The Alfa Romeo Giulietta sprint was launched in 1954, it had various configurations but the particular one that this write up will be looking at is the 2+2 sprint. The Giulietta was available as a Berlina, sprint, sprint veloce, sprint speciale, a spider and even a station wagon.   The Giulietta was first launched in 1954 and was available only as a 2+2 coupe. It was designed by Franco Scaglione who was then working at Bertone. He was born in Florence on 26 th September 1916. He served the Italian army during the second world war, in the year 1951 he moved to Turin as all the large design firms were present there. His talent landed him in the famous design firm Bertone. One of his first few designs was the Fiat 1100. He was a very talented coach builder. When the Giulietta was first launched it had a very advanced twin camshaft and was a very high revving motor constructed using aluminum alloy, the gearbox was manufactured using same material. Th...