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On Saturday, May 5,
the Latvian Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club and
the sole official Alfa Romeo representative in Latvia,
Auto Italia, held their annual season opening event in
the grounds of the picturesque Slokenbeka Manor House.
The aim of the event was to bring together owners and
aficionados of Alfa Romeo cars to inform them about the
latest developments, introduce them to the calendar of
events offered by Latvia’s Alfa Romeo club, give them
the opportunity throughout the day to test the newest
Alfa Romeo cars offered by Auto Italia, and to simply
let Alfisti
relax together and share their experiences.
Thirty Alfa Romeo cars, from a 1959 Alfa Romeo Giulia
Spider through to a 1975 GTV Bertone coupe and the
newest 2006 Alfa Romeo Brera, turned up for this
opening event. Comparing all these Italian cars, it is hard to
disagree with Alfa Romeo Automobiles Executive Director
Antonio Baravalle who said that ka every Alfa Romeo car
holds certain values – style, elegance and sportiness –
as part of its DNA.
During the event, Auto Italia offered test drives of the
latest Alfa Romeo models – the 159 Sportwagon 3.2 4x4
automatic, the Brera 3.2 and two 159 2.2 JTS (one manual
and the other with Selespeed transmission).
The Alfisti
had the opportunity to compare convertibles produced by
Alfa Romeo over its long history in the form of three
generations of Spider models.
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