Now you can own it, first Pontiac Aztek off the line

[martinfan5]

Thats right, you can be the proud owner of what has to be GM's best idea for a vehicle ( please note, that is a joke)

Up for auction is the very first Pontiac Aztek that rolled of the production line, its yours if the price is right , as of now, its $14,000, with 8,000 on the OD

http://jalopnik.com/you-can-own-the-first-pontiac-aztek-if-thats-what-you-993153864

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/01-first-production-aztec-crossover-produced-by-pontiac-/360707621290?forcev4exp=true#ht_18006wt_1182

[2000-cvpi]

I heard something at a car dealer once that applies here, there's a bottom(another word was used) for every seat. I would never own one, but there is somebody out there that is in love with those things.

[Tom Geiger]

The auction currently has 43 bids. So someone wants it.

If I was gonna have an Aztec I'd want the bright yellow one with black trim. It looks like an angry bee and if you're gonna go odd, you might as well go all the way!

[High octane]

Oh boy! Oh boy! Does a dumpster come with it?

[chevyfever2009]

I wouldnt have one there deemed one of pontiac's worst cars and flukes

[Tompidom]

Will if i would buy one i want the green one from breaking bad.

But i really don't want one, so I'll pass on this one

[Art Anderson]

Oh boy! Oh boy! Does a dumpster come with it?

I thought the Pontiac Aztec WAS a dumpster (just self-propelled)???

Art

[Harry P.]

It'll sell for good money, if for no other reason than it's "collectible." But that car/truck/van/whatever it is is one of the ugliest vehicles ever. I can't understand how or why that design ever got the go-ahead for production.

[mrknowetall]

The eBay auction is almost up to fifteen grand. Amazing!

[Deano]

Oh boy! Oh boy! Does a dumpster come with it?

Yes! A small one on a trailer! (JK)

[Pete J.]

If I ever, ever decide that I need one of these, I hope someone very near me has the good sense to get a stick and whack me behind the head and yell "NO". Yes I suppose being the first of a legend of ugly it would have some collectability but I would not want anything to do with this "thing". I still have a real problem with a bunch of highly trained designers gathered about this thing at the GM design studios, while it was still in clay and saying, "Yea, that really looks good!"

[cobraman]

The Buick version while still fuggly was a bit better looking.

[Shelby 427 1965]

YES THIS IS THE MOMENT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE I HAVE ALWAYS REALLY REALLY LOVED THE PONTIAC AZTEK.

Said nobody ever.

[txsportrider]

Tom, I can tell you where to get the yellow Aztek you want. I just traded mine off. I had a 2001 hard loaded AWD, with the black and gray leather interior. I bought it to replace an older Suburban, and I have a soft spot (in my head or heart, I can't tell) for the underdog cars. After the novelty wore off, it was actually a decent daily driver, very comfortable, good on gas, and with some decent all terrain tires, it would dig in the mud pretty good. But mine was one problem after another, and the parts for it were surprisingly expensive. At 100k, I didn't expect the trouble it was having. Even though I really liked it, I wouldn't have another one.

[Shelby 427 1965]

...I'm good thanks

[martinfan5]

YES THIS IS THE MOMENT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE I HAVE ALWAYS REALLY REALLY LOVED THE PONTIAC AZTEK.

Said nobody ever.

:lol:

[charlie8575]

Job #1 of any car is a unique bragging right.

Thankfully, the Aztek is more unique than others.

Or should that be unfortunately?

I wonder if we'll ever see one in plastic, just for the novelty/people who like weird cars? At least the undercarriage and engine tooling could be used for SWB minivans and a Buick Rendezvous.

Charlie Larkin

[Tom Geiger]

Tom, I can tell you where to get the yellow Aztek you want. I just traded mine off. I had a 2001 hard loaded AWD, with the black and gray leather interior. I bought it to replace an older Suburban, and I have a soft spot (in my head or heart, I can't tell) for the underdog cars. After the novelty wore off, it was actually a decent daily driver, very comfortable, good on gas, and with some decent all terrain tires, it would dig in the mud pretty good. But mine was one problem after another, and the parts for it were surprisingly expensive. At 100k, I didn't expect the trouble it was having. Even though I really liked it, I wouldn't have another one.

I've heard that about Azteks.. after all they are basically a GM Mini Van. Same review people give about the GM mini vans too. One of the guys in my model club got rid of one due to the troubles. Another guy has a Pontiac mini van with the same trouble pattern.

I don't get what people find so offensive about the design. It pretty much has the same grill / head light area as the Pontiac Vibe and isn't all that different in shape than a lot of other SUVs. It's like some journalist declared it funny looking and everyone thinks they have to pile to be in on the joke. Funny thing for me is that there are many Japanese vehicles on the road today much uglier than the Aztek was, and nobody says a thing about them. In fact if the Aztek was a Toyota, they would be a big seller!

[martinfan5]

The Aztek was based on a shortened GM mini van platform, and it was also badge as the Buick Rendezvous

Edited August 2, 2013 by martinfan5

[Ford guy]

Really? ........... Really? ............ Really? ............ Why?

[Rob Hall]

Pontiacs of that era had really nasty interior plastics....very cheap and cheesy inside. But it was the weird exterior styling that turned off most people.

[Harry P.]

I don't get what people find so offensive about the design.

It's clunky...awkward...badly proportioned...the lines don't flow... it's not a cohesive design...the plastic cladding makes it look incredibly cheesy...there are too many conflicting angles...and that's just for starters. Truly one of the ugliest designs of all time–all time– and that's saying something.

[MrObsessive]

The Aztec always reminded me of a design committee that couldn't quite make up its mind what it wanted this car/sport utility to be. The top half of the vehicle looks like one thing, and the bottom like something else. Like you said Harry, nothing flows together at all anywhere in the design.

Interestingly enough, the Buick Rendezvous was based on the same platform/chassis as the Aztec, and yet the Buick IMO looks MUCH better!

I honestly believe that the Aztec (along with other bad moves that Pontiac made) led to the divisions demise. There were some REALLY cool cars that would have been coming from Pontiac right around this time had they survived. Pontiac was to be GM's "niche" division offering only limited production high performance vehicles. I had even seen some of the future designs several years ago from what might have been.

Pity GM didn't see fit to keep them alive.

Edited August 2, 2013 by MrObsessive

[slusher]

For them to look so bad, l saw many on the road around here. I always thought no matter what a car company made someone would buy one....

Edited August 3, 2013 by slusher

[Tom Geiger]

I honestly believe that the Aztec (along with other bad moves that Pontiac made) led to the divisions demise. There were some REALLY cool cars that would have been coming from Pontiac right around this time had they survived. Pontiac was to be GM's "niche" division offering only limited production high performance vehicles. I had even seen some of the future designs several years ago from what might have been.

Pity GM didn't see fit to keep them alive.

Hey Bill! Haven't seen you in a long while, hope all is well!

GM carried too many brands that essentially sold the same product for years. In the consolidation of it was either Buick or Pontiac getting the axe. I don't believe Pontiac did anything wrong, but I believe Buick survived because it's GMs big nameplate in China. In China it was always considered a prestigious car, a car a plant manager would drive. So if they killed Buick in the USA, that American aura would have been damaged in China and I believe GM is close, if they haven't already, sell more units in China than the USA.