[PaulDexler]

I just got shot down. Seems that while one of the producers of the show, the one I was talking with, likes anything of Italian design, the other three are against cars that are not "romantic." Their basic feeling is that if it didn't come from Italy or France in the first place, it is not romantic. They're also afraid that if they let in the Gugiaro-designed SVX, they will also have to admit all the various VWs and other cars that were done by Ital Design. So for this year, they're even kicking out the Volvo 1800s (Frua design) and will have nothing in the show that didn't come from France or Italy.
Bah!
Now I'm searching for a venue for a show that will accept just Italian design, and not wind up with a lot of rice rockets along with it.
Paul