Being and Electronic Designer, this answer is easy.
It has nothing to do with the motor itself. SOme dam
bean counter said the motor/vehicle was not making the company
enough money. Could be. BUT decisions based on money
are gennerally poor decisions. Bean counters should never be
in any decisions making positions. From an engineering stand
point, marketing and technical support also failed, forcing
the demise of the Vanagon.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler