Kamuva kulo nyaka, ngo-December 1st, indali izoba eLondon endlini yendali enedumela elihle i-Bonhams, ezohlanganisa, phakathi kwezinye izingcezu zenani eliphakeme lomlando nezezimali, i-Facel Vega Facel II eyivelakancane ka-1964 eyayingavamile kakhulu. umculi wezigubhu u-Ringo Starr.
Ngemuva kokuthi iFerrari 330GT enhle kazakwabo weqembu, uJohn Lennon, ithengiswe endalini ngoJulayi kulo nyaka ngama-euro “amancane” angama-413,000, manje sekuyithuba lale 1964 Facel Vega Facel II okufanele ithengiswe ngenani eliphakathi kuka-355,000 no-415,000. ama-euro.
Kwakungama-60s, ngokunembile kakhulu unyaka ka-1964, lapho umshayi wesigubhu u-Ringo Starr ethola le khophi ebabazekayo “entsha sha” emkhosini wezimoto, futhi kamuva walethwa kuye eSurrey, eNgilandi. U-Starr ugcine "ubambiswano" nale Facel Vega Facel II iminyaka emine kuphela ngaphambi kokuyithengisa.
Futhi manje "esifundweni somlando", le modeli ye-Facel Vega Facel II ka-1964 - eyakhiqizwa phakathi kweminyaka engu-1962 no-1964 - ngumkhiqizi wezimoto waseFrance i-Facel, ifakwe (ngesicelo sika-Ringo Starr) nge-V8 enkulu engu-6-intshi, I-7 litres ye-Chrysler yasekuqaleni ekwazi ukuletha u-390 hp futhi ifinyelele cishe ku-240 km/h kanye no-gearbox oshintshwayo, ngaleyo ndlela ibe izihlalo ezine ezisheshayo emhlabeni ngaleso sikhathi...
Eqinisweni, i-Facel yayinomlando omfushane kakhulu (1954 kuya ku-1964), ikhiqize izimoto ezingaba ngu-2900 kuphela, kodwa le Facel Vega Facel II ka-Ringo Starr ngokuqinisekile iyisipho esihle kulo mkhiqizi waseFrance, ngaleso sikhathi "wancintisana" naye. abanye abakhiqizi bezimoto, njengeRolls-Royce, okuyigama elifanayo lokunethezeka nokwenziwa ngcono embonini yezimoto.