Jean Daninos (2 December 1906 – 13 October 2001) was a constructor of luxury cars Facel Vega. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Facel Vega was a French builder of luxury cars. Their advertising slogan "For the Few Who Own the Finest"
He was the brother of the romancier Pierre Daninos, had founded the society Facel (Forges et Ateliers des Constructions d'Eure-et-Loir) in 1939 to realise his dream to design his own automobile. Pierre Daninos ( May 26 1913 - January 7 2005) was a French writer and humorist Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
This engineer had collaborated before with Citroën for the "Traction Avant" and worked in aviation. Citroën (pronounced See-Troh-Enn is a French Automobile manufacturer, founded in 1919 by André Citroën.
The Facel society produced the bodies of special versions and luxury cars like the Panhard Dyna cabriolet or the Ford Comète. Panhard is now a French manufacturer of light tactical and military vehicles Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following
The first Facel Vega, designed by Jean Daninos, arose in 1954, equipped with a Chrysler engine. Facel Vega was a French builder of luxury cars. Their advertising slogan "For the Few Who Own the Finest" Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 Daninos counted around his clients stars of showbusiness (Tony Curtis, Ava Gardner) and racing drivers (Stirling Moss, Maurice Trintignant). Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz June 3, 1925) is an American film actor Ava Lavinia Gardner ( December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an Academy Award -nominated American actress Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss OBE (born September 17, 1929 in London) is a retired racing driver from England. Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant ( 30 October 1917, Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes, Vaucluse &ndash 13 February 2005,
Several racecars followed until, for want of support of a great constructor, the last French make of grand luxury came into peril and diappeared in the middle of the years 1960. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. During ten years of existence, the make had built only 3. 000 Facel Vega, which are much wanted today. Facel Vega was a French builder of luxury cars. Their advertising slogan "For the Few Who Own the Finest"
He died in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes, France) from the consequences of a cancer at the age of 94 years. Cannes (kan in Occitan Canas) is a city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled The funeral of Jean Daninos took place with intimity in Jouy-en-Josas (Yvelines). Jouy-en-Josas is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France.