The times were different, too. Apparently Ettore Bugatti refused to sell a car to King Zog of Albania because ‘the man had such despicable table manners’. Cannot imagine many car industry CEOs acting this way nowadays
The 404 and 504 are not far from the w123 but the w123 had however better engineering and a slightly better overall quality of the Facel Vega is not a Hispano Suiza, a Talbot Lago, a Voisin, a Delahaye or a Delage. However it was much more refined, luxur