Jobst is well known on the cycling newsgroups for being
somewhat of a curmudgeon.  He was very bright, but had this
fantastic way of telling you if you were misguided, that you
were an idiot.  In no uncertain terms.

And yes, he is a disgruntled former (Porsche) employee.

Keith Adams
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1986 Vanagon GL Westfalia "Roxy"
various bikes worth too much

Jim Arnott wrote:
>
> The gentleman Jorst, certainly makes quite an argument against one of
> the most successful designs ever manufactured. Much of it is smoke and
> mirrors, not sound engineering. His rant against both torsion bar
> suspension and VW powerplant construction is *not* borne out by
> history. Some of my favorite cars (not VW) have used torsion bar
> suspension. And the VW powerplant is an exceedingly elegant design for
> its purpose.