There's a good fiction book about the Automotive Industry - design and
engineering (in general not VW).

Wheels by Arthur Hailey

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 7:39 AM Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:

> I’ve had a few 1.9WBX Vanagons and a 2.1 DJ code. The DJ was the best for
> smoothness and torque. I’ve been driving a 2.0 ABA/1.8 head conversion for
> the last 7 years. I’ve done a fair amount of wrenching on all those
> engines. The inline-4 wins it for me. It just keeps going, it’s easy to
> work on, and parts are cheap-ish.
>
> Chris.