Every few years, someone attempts to
revive the French Facel Vega brand. While that’s a notable goal, no one has
managed to succeed in their efforts. That brings us to this Facel Vega Paris V
that has been making the social media rounds today. Looking rather stylish, the
renderings depict a two-door coupe with a prominent grille that is flanked by
vertical headlights which are mounted at the outside edges of the front bumper.
The model also has a long hood, streamlined bodywork and flush-mounted door
handles.
Elsewhere, there’s a pillarless greenhouse
and a dual exhaust system. The model also has vertical taillights and large
wheels with floating center caps. The car’s configurator reveals the model will
be offered in Standard and Performance trims. Both will apparently be powered
by a 6.0-liter V8 engine. The standard model is said to have 510 hp and 609 Nm of torque. The website also claims an acceleration
time of 3.7 seconds, but doesn’t elaborate.
Likewise, the performance model is claimed
to have 550 hp and 684 Nm of torque. Thanks to
the extra power, the range-topping variant has an acceleration time of 3.5
seconds. The configurator also shows three exterior colors as well as an
elegant cabin with premium leather upholstery, wood trim and metallic accents.
There’s also Bentley branding on steering wheel, instrument cluster and
infotainment system as the images were apparently taken from the Continental GT
configurator.
If you think that’s strange, it’s just the
tip of the iceberg. The company’s website is a questionable hodgepodge of
content and their post about “Reintroducing Le Grand Luxe Sportif” is actually
a renaming announcement from Lucid Motors that dates back to 2016. It’s taken
word for word and even mentions “Today we are proud to share our new identity:
Atieva is now Lucid.” Their post about a “Man Resurrecting the Myth” wasn’t
taken from somewhere else, but it simply contains a picture of a man and
information explaining how to post content on a “Wix Blog Dashboard.”
Continuing down the rabbit hole of
insanity, the website has a collection of bad photoshops. Several of the
pictures show the 2012 Citroen Numero 9 concept and feature a model poorly
pasted on top of the original photo. These kind of pictures are also visible
elsewhere as the company’s Instagram page shows a high-performance braking
system with “Facel Vega” seemingly added to the calipers with the help of
editing software.
