This summer we took G24 (number 18/24) onto a road trip in a classic Jaguar. The G24 timed us from the sizzeling hot lake of Lugano, passing lake Como, via Chiavenna, across the cool alps, up the maloya pass all the way to chique St Moritz. It took 2 espresso's, 1 litre of water, a tank of fuel, race gloves, a [...]
For the 7th Lonville Classic we swapped our beloved Swiss/Italian playground for the lochs, winding roads and mountains of The Scottish Highlands. The rally started at Colm House Hotel near Inverness, and took participants for 2.5 days across large parts of the highlands to drive beautiful roads, visit wonderful castles and country houses. The tulip based [...]
Great people, classic cars, the glowing hills of Piemonte, fabulous chefs, incredible wine, delicate truffles and plenty of sun once again provided that magic cocktail called The Lonville Classic. And yes, there were some amazing watches present too. Roger & Chrisitan in the DB6 For most of the 36 participants of 10 nationalities the story [...]
Our favourite photographer N-Drew (see his Facebook page here) has done his magic again during the Lonville Classic. Below a short selection of some of the amazing scenery, cars and people that were present. Below a first impression, for the full 300 pictures visit our flickr page here. Clive and the Montreal, a winning combination Doesn’t this look [...]
The 2015 Lonviile Classic once again brought old and new friends together for a magical week-end where we enjoy our beloved classic cars in gorgeous surroundings. Piemonte, Italy was the backdrop of this year’s event. Single track roads through vineyards, wine tasting under the sun and a culinair feast at michelin star restaurants made for [...]
It is just one of those things…we were debating do try a kind of bronze colored dial for the ‘fuel tank’ version of Virage. And to contrast it we created a dark grey outer ring (under the 5 mins markers) and then went for the less obvious brown strap…and bang: this turned out to be [...]
We are moving the Lonville Classic from the lakes of Como and Lugano to the gorgeous wine area of Piemonte in Italy. What does not change is that this rally has the feeling of a group of friends out and about enjoying their shared passion of classic cars in gorgeous surroundings, with great food, amazing [...]
As many of you may know, the Lonville Classic started as an innocent idea to bring a few friends with classic cars together around the gorgeous swiss and italian lakes. Although the event has grown up a little over the last few years, we are determined to hold-on it’s small scale, informal luxury and its [...]
Last week-end at Le Mans was a truly unique experience. We had the honour of being close to Gabriele Gardel the full week-end, and see him and the entire Larbre Competion team and drivers battle fiercely to bring home the victory of the 2011 GTEam class. Gabriele on Stage with Trophy and Lonville G24 prototype [...]
Lugano, 4-6 September 2009 — 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 [...]
