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Most Facel Vega cars were 2-door hardtops with no centre pillar, but a few convertibles were built.

The 1956 Facel Vega model was improved with a bigger 5.4-litre (330 cu in) Chrysler engine and updated transmission and other mechanicals. In the same year production began of a 4-door model, the Excellence, with rear-hinged doors (suicide doors) at the back and no centre pillar. The pillarless design unfortunately made it less rigid and the handling was thus poorer than the 2-door cars, and examples are rare.

1959 models had even bigger engines, a 5.9-litre (360 cu in) and later a 6.3L (383 cu in) Chrysler V8, and were quite a bit faster despite their extra weight. The final evolution of the V8 models came in 1962 with the Facel II: lighter, with sleeker, more modern lines, substantially faster still and famously elegant.]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.0 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:04:45 -0600 120 http://www.motorsnaps.com/d/15372-2/facelvega.jpg http://www.motorsnaps.com/v/Cars+F/facelvega/