Lonville Classic 2009
4-6 september 2009
The Lonville
Classic is about...
enjoying classic cars, good company and fine food on the shores
of some of Europe's most beautiful lakes. The glorious shapes and
sounds of classic cars around these lakes and mountains present the
perfect backdrop to launch Lonville's first new watch in 50 years,
the Master One.
The Lonville Classic is a small and exclusive event, ensuring
good motoring and the opportunity to meet old and new friends.
Officiële site
Foto's van Joost
Vreeswijk
On the shores and mountains surrounding some of Europe's most
beautiful lakes, participants of the first Lonville
Classic were treated to three days of fantastic driving,
excellent food, local wines and a great ambiance.
Apart from torrential rain on the opening drive, blue skies and
sun accompanied participants from the starting point in Lugano over
the mountains to Lake Como, onto lake Maggiore and around the lake
of Lugano. The Lonville Classic finished with a
car display on the main square in Lugano. In good Italian tradition
there was plenty of time to enjoy good lunches in fantastic
settings along the lakes.
Lonville Classic's organiser Joost Vreeswijk
said: "What started as organising a drive with some friends, turned
into a full three day event with participants from six countries
featuring a fantastic line-up of pre and post-war cars. This has
been such a thrill for us and the participants that we have decided
to run the event again next year"
The various timed stages, and tongue-in-cheek challenges resulted
in Peter Reck's gorgeous 1931 Alfa Romeo 2300 Spider taking first
place, followed by Geoff and Penny Rawling's Talbot AV95/105 Alpine
and 'the Whitehouse brothers' 1971 Alfa 105 Bertone 2000 GTV taking
a well deserved third place.
There were rumours of biased judges and bribing during the event,
and these rumours were all well founded!
The small scale of the Lonville Classic, the
great ambiance, rivalry and humour between participants and
organisation made this one of those magical week-ends where a
shared passion for classic cars brings together old and new
friends. A real Lonville moment!
The Lonville Classic also marked the
re-introduction of the 136 year old Lonville Watch brand. The
Lonville Team presented Virage, the first new Lonville watch in 50
years.
(Source ClassicRallies and Lonville)
