Klaus Bischoff, Volkswagen's Head of Brand Design, has recently announced the Routan successor has been axed.
According to Allpar, contract production of the Routan has ended at Chrysler's plant in Windsor, Canada. Although the German carmaker didn't confirm this rumors but the minivan will not certainly have chance to hit the market. Volkswagen has only sold 9,923 Routans in the United States in the first 11 months of 2012 - a 16.9% decline from 2011.
As a small reminder, the Routan is a rebadged version of the Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country. It has a unique suspension tuning and a revised styling. Power comes from a Chrysler-sourced 3.6-liter V6 engine with 283 hp and 352 Nm of torque. A seven-seat crossover is expected to replace the Routan in the United States.
