The second day of the Alfa Romeo Centenary weekend in Kuala Lumpur organized by the brand's official Malaysian importer, Sime Darby, and the Alfa Romeo Owners' Club with the close participation of the Singapore Alfa Romeo Owners, saw a "Concours d'Elegance" taking place in the prestigious setting of the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC) followed by a gala dinner. All the participants formed up at the Sime Darby Auto Connexion dealership, a first group left for the KLGCC, five kilometers away, then the 30 cars taking part in the Concours, lined up in age order ready to roll starting with a superb 1972 Giulia Super, which emerged from a ground up restoration only days before, now wearing the famous dark blue colours of the "Carabinieri", complete with flashing blue roof light. Next up is a two tone black/silver GT 1600 Junior, then a 1750 GTV in "mustard", a colour that so perfectly ties the Bertone-penned coupé into the scene of the 1960s and early 1970s, and then a serene white 2000 Berlina, before racing up the age scale through cars such as the Alfetta in sedan, GTV and GTV 6 2.5 format, an Alfasud Series 1 4-door as well as its coupé spin-off, the Sprint (in Series 3 "Green Cloverleaf" trim), the square-cut lines of the Giulietta sedan, the executive flagship 164 and 166, the "hot hatch" 145 Green Cloverleaf and the equally-hot 146 sedan, also in Green Cloverleaf finish, all the way through to the current-generation of Alfa Romeo represented by the Giugiaro's aggressively-styled Brera 3.2 V6 and the in-house designed MiTo compact hatchback. The convoy, a rolling cavalcade of a timelined history in action, rolled the short distance from flagship Sime Darby Auto Connexion showroom to the upmarket KLGCC in the Mont Kiara area passing by the stadium and convention center that are also integral parts of this sprawling Sime Darby-owned complex. The historic convoy leaders powered up the final ascent to the golf club before forming up ready to roll one-by-one round the circular paved track of the courtyard of the club's stone-clad building, to a backdrop of well-manicured shrub beds, which provides a perfect 'parading' route for the entrants to pass by the swelling crowd of "Alfisti" and right under the eagle eyes of the cluster of judges which included in its ranks the most distinguished guest of the day, the Ambassador of Italy, His Excellency Mr. Folco de Luca Gabrielli. Forming a backdrop, on what was turning into a hot, dry and sunny Sunday morning, was a black Spider 3.2 V6 positioned imperiously astride a water feature while it was flanked on one side by the highlight of the day: a glorious red Alfa 8C Competizione, the only example to make it to Malaysia. One by one the cars, the real 'stars' of today's event, start to roll through the "Piazza Concours d'Elegance" stage, in age order kicking off with the "Carabinieri" Giulia Super, the Alfa Romeos gliding to a halt on the red carpet to be individually introduced by an enthusiastic compere to an equally enthusiastic crowd of spectators most betraying their automotive passion through the choice of red garb. The thirty cars develop the historical timeline of this evocative brand perfectly, the unmistakable design language that emanated and evolved from a stream of talented Italian designers - both at Alfa Romeo Centro Stile and through design houses such as Pininfarina, Bertone and Zagato - through the eras to date. Cars to stand out included an evocative SZ ("Il Monstro"), the only example in Malaysia.
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