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Rising cost didn't help, even if dieselgate never happened. Not to mention that there have been several reports of Porsche not being happy with the ACO over promotion of the WEC and the Toyota diffuser stuff.
Not to mention that Audi were never happy with seemingly getting the short end of the stick on EOT, especially in regards to fuel mileage/range on a tank of fuel.
And as I've mentioned, there's probably a lot more to the pull outs than dieselgate or even ROI arguments. I'd bet that politics have a lot to do with it--and a lot of that lies in the ACO's lap.
Granted, this is now an opportunity for any privateer teams who felt hard done by the regs to point and laugh at the ACO for undeniably screwing them due to following the factory team money gravy train. Stuff like this happens all the time, pursuing instant gratification over the long-term game.
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