Alfa Romeo's
brand-new Giulietta will be inaugurated in Hungary
with a special show during the official Hungarian
Alfa Romeo centenary festival, Alfacity, which is
set to take place at Fort Monostor, Komárom, in
three weeks time (Saturday, May 29). Approximately
one thousand cars and five thousand participants are
expected to attend the largest Alfa Romeo jamboree
in Central Europe. Large exhibitions of old-timer
and modern cars, a beauty contest, and a Back II
Black concert are scheduled.
The annual AlfaCity
event, organised by Alfa Amore, is one of the most
eagerly awaited of Alfa Romeo enthusiasts' events
and sees the involvement of hundreds of Alfa Romeos
and thousands of participants. A quarter of the
visitors usually arrive from abroad, mainly from
Hungary's neighbouring countries (Croatia, Slovakia,
Romania and Serbia) nevertheless Alfa Romeo owners
have travelled from as far as Poland and Germany.
They are mostly members of Alfa Amore, the online
community of Alfa Romeo owners.
This year's event
will be all the more extraordinary because it falls
on the centenary of Alfa Romeo and because of this
momentous occasion festivals are being organised all
around the world; and in Hungary AlfaCity 100 is
playing an official role. The highlight of the event
will the Hungarian premičre of the Giulietta, the
brand-new C-segment model from Alfa Romeo, and it
will be the first opportunity for Hungarian Alfa
Romeo fans, journalists and other interested
onlookers to become acquainted with this car.
The festival will
start at 9am and the day's programs will run
continuously from 11am. On the stage, stand-up
comedy will be performed by comedian Trabarna. Host
of the day's events is set to be radio-anchorman
Ferenc Rákóczi, however famous Alfa Romeo owners'
will also appear, such as popular actors Péter
Kálloy-Molnár and András Csonka. The highlight of
the day, the inauguration of Giulietta, will start
at 2.30 pm, Back II Black will give a concert at
7.00 pm, and later on in the night a deejay will
tune up.
It will be possible
for visitors to Alfacity 100 to vote for the most
beautiful car of the festival, with a highlight
being on the Alfa 75 sedan which is celebrating its
silver jubilee this year. On the concrete, a tyre-smoking
and a car-handling competition is going to be
organised, moreover with the event respecting
International Children’s Day little Alfa-fans should
have fun, too. Visitors will also be able to watch a
short film about Alfa Romeo’s past hundred years
along with live classic music.
A beach for rest and
recuperation is going to be installed on the brae in
front of the fort. As for old-timers, these cars
will be displayed in a majestic part of the fort,
just like the more modern cars as well as Lancias,
Fiats and Maseratis and bikers, namely the Ducati
Club of Hungary, are also going to take part in the
events of AlfaCity 100. The main sponsor of
Alfa City 100 is
Fiat Autó Magyarország Kft. For more information
visit or contact:
www.alfacity.hu/en or
www.alfaamore.hu
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