# So, you think the Pontiac Aztec is ugly...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 21, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736 "2000-10-21T01:16:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/1 "2000-10-21T01:16:48Z")
Well, it IS, but have you seen this:
[http://www.isuzu.com/vehicross.htm](http://www.isuzu.com/vehicross.htm)
Proof positive that LSD is still readily available.
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### Author:  [@mechanichik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mechanichik)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/2 "2000-10-21T01:35:22Z")
wow that is quite the ugly vehicle.
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### Author:  [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/3 "2000-10-21T01:37:11Z")
The Aztec looks like a woodchuck. This thing looks like a sabre-toothed crotch cricket…
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### Author:  [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/4 "2000-10-21T01:46:25Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by racinchikki \*
> \*\*The Aztec looks like a woodchuck. This thing looks like a sabre-toothed crotch cricket… \*\*
Crotch cricket? 😕
I’d like to take the body of one o’ those and put it on a Jeep CJ chassis/running gear…
But [here’s the ultimate in ugly vehicles.](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=470689263) **I need one!** (working pics are toward the bottom)
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### Author:  [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/5 "2000-10-21T01:49:18Z")
Addition to my previos post:
With the M715, you could carry a Vehicross in the back as an escape pod!
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### Author:  [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/6 "2000-10-21T01:59:03Z")
The first thing that came to mind was “Mad Max”. Yes, it is ugly. Where can I see the Aztec? Is it similar?
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/7 "2000-10-21T02:08:50Z")
[http://www.pontiac.com/aztek/](http://www.pontiac.com/aztek/)
You’ve been warned.
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### Author:  [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/8 "2000-10-21T02:16:16Z")
Dear lord. Compared to THAT, the Isuzu looks like a Jag E-Type. What crack junkie designed THAT one??
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### Author:  [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/9 "2000-10-21T02:48:53Z")
GOOD LAWD! What the ffffff—
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### Author:  [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/10 "2000-10-21T03:07:34Z")
Oh, c’mon, the Isuzu has the stupidest name ever, but it isn’t nearly as usgle as the Aztek.
BTW, if you click on “exterior,” you can do this cool 360 degree thing where you drag the car around.
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### Author:  [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/11 "2000-10-21T06:13:00Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \*
> \*\*[http://www.pontiac.com/aztek/](http://www.pontiac.com/aztek/)
>
> You’ve been warned. \*\*
Woah…is it just me, or did they graft a Honda Insight onto the back of tha thing?
While I don’t think it looks that great, it is good to see weird and “concept-ey” car designs come to be actual production models.
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/12 "2000-10-21T06:13:27Z")
Here is the best picture of the Aztek I could find.
[http://www.the-spa.com/zoo/capybara.jpg](http://www.the-spa.com/zoo/capybara.jpg)
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### Author:  [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/13 "2000-10-21T09:23:36Z")
I dunno, I kinda like the look of it. I mean, it’d look REAL cool in my targeting sights when I dive-bomb one in my T-47 😃
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### Author:  [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/14 "2000-10-21T16:44:12Z")
I’ve got a strong suspicion that the designers at the car companies are just sitting around laughing their asses off, say to each other, “Oh, man, that’s _hideous!_ Let’s see if the lemmings’ll buy that!”
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### Author:  [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/15 "2000-10-21T18:01:10Z")
You are witnessing the rebirth of AMC.
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### Author:  [@kayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayne)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/16 "2000-10-21T19:17:17Z")
The Aztec concept has been around for about a decade… one wonders why they decided to build it (and make it look like that) only after this long…
The Buick sport ute isn’t all that easy on the eyes either… [take a look. a short look.](http://www.buick.com/rendezvous/showroom/index.htm)
😉
Josh
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### Author:  [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/17 "2000-10-21T19:43:42Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by JBirdman12 \*
> \*\*I’ve got a strong suspicion that the designers at the car companies are just sitting around laughing their asses off, say to each other, “Oh, man, that’s _hideous!_ Let’s see if the lemmings’ll buy that!”
> \*\*
I think you are quite right, JBirdman.
I have a long-held belief that the fashion designers do the same thing.
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### Author:  [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/18 "2000-10-21T19:51:20Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mojo \*
> \*\*You are witnessing the rebirth of AMC. \*\*
Nah. AMCs are ugly, but still far more “utility” than any SUV on the market today.
–owner of an AMC Jeep Wagoneer
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### Author:  [@kuwatto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kuwatto)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-the-pontiac-aztec-is-ugly/37736/19 "2000-10-21T19:59:20Z")
It is interesting that you should mention the Buick, other than the body cladding it is exactly the same GM mini-van platform underneath. Check out this massive mistake Pontiac may build, it’s labeled as the GM-Toyota Piranha, but you can clearly see the Pontiac badge on the nose.
[http://www.autoweek.com](http://www.autoweek.com)