Berlin was followed by Düsseldorf soon. A very nice and big engine shed was completely redesigned. Automotive enthusiasts have been confident that Meilenwerk Düsseldorf would become a “place to be”. How would I judge it in a retrospective? If you are based close to it, it surely is a potential place to visit. If you have to travel there, a onetime visit should be sufficient. The first operating company went broke and the successors do not really use the potential, the idea and building would offer. Marketing efforts are very low and a contract for the right to the name did end recently what led to a change in name to Classic Remise what cannot be judged as being helpful at all. Furthermore, the building is located in a mixed residential area what makes it hard to improve the length and the number of events.
Once a year, the season for historic motoring is opened by a two days celebration at the Classic Remise. To be honest, the event has not improved over the years, the cars present are not part of a presentation, and no expert is telling the visitors something about the cars and the “specials”, like memorabilia, literature, catering a.s.o. are only few. The in-house catering is said to have a long running contract with the operating company what does never improve any quality.
To resume the event: it was nice in its field as always, it was exactly the quality you would have expected from comparison with previous years, it was good for a quick jump-in and jump-out on a Saturday and a Sunday. From the Ferraristi’s spotting-few, it was disappointing, a 208 Dino, a F355 Spider, a F430 Spider and a Mondial Cabriolet in Bianco 100 livery could be spotted. Simple cuisine…