The Alba Regia was a Hungarian

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project produced in

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by both the Ministry of Metallurgy and Machine Industry in conjunction with the Vehicle Developing Institute in 1952/1953. In 1955 three engineers were commissioned to work on the car;

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, Pal Kerekes, and Geza Bengyel. Along with two employees, József Zappel and József Horváth, the group conceived of the Alba Regia, named for the

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name of the city, where it was made, and the Balaton, named for Hungary's

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