"Excellent and elegant opinion!" is the translation of what my teacher
Ieronim Ioachim Hagedorn Freicherr von Kreuznach und zu Puttlittz
expressed in heavy German (mixed with Plattdeutsch). Obviously his
reaction made my day. The man  is walking Kraftfahrtechnishes Buch. In
his opinion Vanagon was " avoidable technical disaster " with an
excellent engine management system..

EMZ wrote:

>      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