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2016 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Facelift Unveiling Scheduled for February 24

Good news for all the Alfisti out there. The 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulietta facelift will be presented on February 24, at the Stabilimento Mirafiori plant in Turin. The place of unveiling got us curious - of all places, why Mirafiori and not the Cassino plant?
2016 Alfa Romeo Giulietta facelift invitation for in-house debut party 10 photos
Photo: Alfa Romeo Project 952 on Facebook
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The thing is, Mirafiori is where Alfa Romeo assembles the MiTo, a three-door supermini introduced in 2008. The Giulietta compact hatchback, on the other hand, is assembled at the Cassino manufacturing plant in Piedimonte San Germano. That’s the same plant where the Giulia will be made. The question is: will Alfa move Giulietta production to Mirafiori or was Mirafiori chosen because Cassino is currently being retooled?

We have no solid answer to that, but we are inclined to believe that Cassino will continue making the Giulietta throughout the production life of the facelift. Now let’s move on with the 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulietta facelift.

Take a glance at the employee-only invitation pictured above. Now compare the Alfa Romeo shield-shaped front grille and the outline of the front bumper grille with those found at the front of the pre-facelift Giulietta. There’s not much change there, is it?

Heavily camouflaged examples of the Giulietta facelift also confirm the lack of serious modifications to the front fascia. Other than a more streamlined grille with black-painted honeycomb mesh and no chrome on the shield, the mid-cycle refresh of the Giulietta is just a case of same old, same old.

According to what we’ve seen in spy photos and a brief report by Alfa Romeo Project 952, the Giulietta facelift will get a sportier rear bumper and diffuser, redesigned interior trim, and Uconnect 6.5 Live Touch 3D infotainment.

The Giulietta badge's font will also be different. As was expected after the launch of the Giulia QV, the hottest version of the 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulietta will drop the Quadrifoglio Verde nameplate for Veloce, which is Italian for fast and a nod to the Giulietta Sprint Veloce from the 1950s. Rumor has it engineers will squeeze more than 240 PS out of the 1.75-liter TBi turbo engine of the Giulietta Veloce. Last but not least, expect the 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulietta lineup to cost €150 more than the current lineup’s pricing.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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