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MarylandSpeed · 03-07-2010, 12:32 AM

All the Aztek needed was new front facia and the plastic crap painted. The problem is, once the original model came out and was ridiculed so much nothing was gonna change people's opinion.

*DGthe3* · 03-07-2010, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MarylandSpeed

All the Aztek needed was new front facia and the plastic crap painted. The problem is, once the original model came out and was ridiculed so much nothing was gonna change people's opinion.

The hunchback profile doesn't help either

kjd15 · 03-07-2010, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MarylandSpeed

All the Aztek needed was new front facia and the plastic crap painted. The problem is, once the original model came out and was ridiculed so much nothing was gonna change people's opinion.

They did paint the cladding body colored after the first model year.

kjd15 · 03-07-2010, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DGthe3

The hunchback profile doesn't help either

That profile, along with the front fascia are 2 of the reasons I liked the Aztek. It was different from anything else on the road. My kids called it a rhinocerous and a spaceship. LOL

305pride · 03-07-2010, 05:32 PM

i saw one today on the road when i was driving home from work and i thought of this thread. lol

chevydude26 · 03-07-2010, 06:21 PM

did the people who designed this get fired or are they still with the company?

Number 3 · 03-07-2010, 06:52 PM

When the Aztek was in CTF, I begged one for our trip to Florida. It really was a nice driving mobile. It had a pretty decent interior and was very roomy.

But alas, of all the GM cars I've managed to get my hands on for trips and what not, the family that passed us on I-75 with the kid in back seat pointing at the Aztek and laughing is almost.....................ALMOST as memorable as the reactions to Number 3 driving to California in December 2008.

BTW, the original year with the grey cladding was somewhat based on some earlier competitors. It just didn't translate well in the Aztek. I heard some referred to a tennis shoe as the inspiration for that original look.

I guess with all the room in it I always thought it might pick up a cult following............................apparently not.

AngryAmish · 03-08-2010, 06:34 PM

I'd like to recant. The Aztek not the ugliest SUV(?) in history.

Seen my first Kia Soul today. It looks like a Mini Cooper with a Thyroid condition.

SleepWarz · 03-08-2010, 07:30 PM

Azteks are far uglier than the Soul.
The astek is terrible from every angle =p

Number 3 · 03-08-2010, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SleepWarz

Azteks are far uglier than the Soul.
The astek is terrible from every angle =p

Oh, come onnnnnnnnnnnnn. From underneath it looks pretty decent.

*DGthe3* · 03-08-2010, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Number 3

Oh, come onnnnnnnnnnnnn. From underneath it looks pretty decent.

ugliness is only skin deep?

03-07-2010, 05:32 PM	#33
305pride Drives: 3.4l 1995 camaro Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: miami, fl Posts: 2,202	i saw one today on the road when i was driving home from work and i thought of this thread. lol __________________ just call me alex. they make anti-me PSA's cos im dope lmao

03-07-2010, 06:21 PM	#34
chevydude26 Drives: Future 2011 camaro convertible Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,256	did the people who designed this get fired or are they still with the company? __________________ I think i flip flopped on the ss bumper...it looks good man...it really does

03-07-2010, 06:52 PM	#35
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,301 View My Garage	When the Aztek was in CTF, I begged one for our trip to Florida. It really was a nice driving mobile. It had a pretty decent interior and was very roomy. But alas, of all the GM cars I've managed to get my hands on for trips and what not, the family that passed us on I-75 with the kid in back seat pointing at the Aztek and laughing is almost.....................ALMOST as memorable as the reactions to Number 3 driving to California in December 2008. BTW, the original year with the grey cladding was somewhat based on some earlier competitors. It just didn't translate well in the Aztek. I heard some referred to a tennis shoe as the inspiration for that original look. I guess with all the room in it I always thought it might pick up a cult following............................apparently not. __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

03-08-2010, 06:34 PM	#36
AngryAmish Drives: Impala Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. Posts: 813	I'd like to recant. The Aztek not the ugliest SUV(?) in history. Seen my first Kia Soul today. It looks like a Mini Cooper with a Thyroid condition. __________________ Proud Owner of #168

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03-07-2010, 12:32 AM	#29
MarylandSpeed Account Suspended Drives: 2012 ZL1 & 2010 2SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,378	All the Aztek needed was new front facia and the plastic crap painted. The problem is, once the original model came out and was ridiculed so much nothing was gonna change people's opinion.

03-08-2010, 07:30 PM	#37
SleepWarz Banned Drives: 1991 New Yorker, 69 Tbird, ABM2SSRS Join Date: May 2009 Location: BC Canada Posts: 2,248 View My Garage	Azteks are far uglier than the Soul. The astek is terrible from every angle =p