Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Bring A Trailer - Morgans & Interesting vehicles

An interesting and unusual offering....
1959-facel-vega-excellence
I have never heard of the car but it has an interesting history as per this inclusion in the auction commentary.
I knew Camus was killed in a car accident but not the details
"Facel Vega is the symbol of the French sporty and luxurious automobile. But it is also the car in which the writer Albert Camus and his publisher Michel Gallimard lost their lives. January 4, 1960, national road 5 between Sens and Fontainebleau, the powerful Facel Vega FV3B of 355 horsepower that drives at high speed, hits a tree on the side of the road and then bounces on a second plane tree. Under the violence of the shock, the car literally dislocated and the chassis twisted against the tree. A flat tire is then implicated"