First shown to the public in 1999, the Pontiac Aztek concept car was well received.[6] It featured “Xtreme“ futuristic styling and promised maximum versatility in support of a young and active lifestyle for its intended Generation ’X’ buyer demographic.
The production edition of the Aztek was launched with the tagline: “Quite possibly the most versatile vehicle on the planet.“ in conjunction with CBS’s hit game show, Survivor in 2000.
The Aztek was styled under the direction of Tom Peters, who would later design the Chevrolet Corvette (C7). According to an analysis in 2000, Business Week said the Aztek was to signal a design renaissance for GM, and to “make a statement about breaking from GM’s instinct for caution.“ One designer said that during the design process, the Aztek was made “aggressive for the sake of being aggressive.“ Peters, the Chief Designer said “we wanted to do a bold, in-your-face vehicle that wasn’t for everybody.“ The 2000 Business Week study said the Aztek was “the first awkward step toward innovation by a company that has avoided that path,“ likening “the debacle to Ford’s remodeling of its 1996 Taurus sedan.“
Ultimately, the Aztek was criticized for its styling. Mickey Kaus described the Aztek has having “awkwardly empty and square front wheel wells“ and a “gratuitous, fierce animalistic snout, which may have been what prompted incoming GM executive Bob Lutz to famously say that many of the company’s products looked like “angry kitchen appliances.““ James Hall, vice-president at AutoPacific Inc said it looked “like six-week-old cottage cheese.“ Ranking the Aztek as one of the ten ugliest cars of all time, Karl Brauer, CEO and editor-in-chief of said the Aztek featured “atrocious proportions wrapped in plastic body cladding,“ and “looked like a station wagon stretched out by a car bomb.“
A poll in The Daily Telegraph in August 2008 placed the Aztek at number one of the “100 ugliest cars“ of all time. An article by placed the car fifth of the “100 Worst Cars of All Time“ not only because of its styling, but also because it “destroyed an 84-year-old automaker.“[11] Time magazine in 2007 named the Aztek one of the 50 worst cars of all time (adding that underneath “was a useful, competent crossover“),[and again in 2010 as one of the 50 worst inventions of all time.
Information source: :
S187
1 view
1350
369
2 days ago 01:33:20 1
Reinhardt Buhr - The Space Between (2021 Full Album) - Ambient Ableton Live Looping
2 days ago 00:54:39 1
ALAR & KOROLOVA - Live @ Radio Intense / Progressive House & Melodic Techno DJ Mix
2 days ago 00:17:05 1
LA VÉRITÉ SUR DONALD TRUMP
2 days ago 00:04:22 1
Diljit Dosanjh & Alia Bhatt - Ikk Kudi | Udta Punjab | Amit Trivedi | Lyrical
2 days ago 00:02:41 1
Pas de pause déj’, des cours à 7h30... Les emplois du temps délirants de ces lycéens de l’Essonne
2 days ago 00:04:06 1
Rammstein - Ich Will (Official Video)
2 days ago 00:01:33 1
Wie wurde das Gebäude in „Južnodonbaskaja Nr. 3“ gesprengt!
2 days ago 00:00:48 1
Explosion in Köln: Überwachungskamera soll Täter zeigen
2 days ago 00:04:40 1
ACCEPT - Symphony No. 40 (OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO)
2 days ago 00:15:18 1
La Chine dévoile son Robot Humanoïde Ultime !
2 days ago 00:00:51 1
Ça va péter en France.
2 days ago 00:00:49 1
Нэрэ-дзуси - самая древняя технология изготовления суши: маринование рыбы
2 days ago 00:15:25 1
EL VIRUS QUE ARRUINA CEREBROS
2 days ago 00:00:00 1
De Darwin a Dawkins: cómo el LIBERALISMO influyó en la BIOLOGÍA (Parte II)
2 days ago 01:36:36 1
HISPANIDAD y GIBRALTAR: Ier Congreso. Javier BARRAYCOA, Gabriel CALVO, Alberto ABASCAL y ARMESILLA
2 days ago 00:00:00 1
Música De Flauta Tibetana: El Sonido Atrae Energía Positiva Y Alegría, Ayudarte A Relajarte
2 days ago 00:09:29 1
La Hipótesis del Universo de Un Único Electrón 🌌
2 days ago 00:00:00 1
ESCALADE CRITIQUE ET PROPAGANDE : LA GUERRE OTAN RUSSIE EST-ELLE INÉVITABLE ? | LA MATINALE GPTV
2 days ago 00:03:52 1
Dogstar (Keanu Reeves) Just Like Heaven (The Cure Cover) live at Rock im Park 2024
2 days ago 00:55:33 1
CES PROPHÉTIES ONT PRÉVU L’ARRIVÉ D’UN NOUVEAU ROI MESSIE | LUDOVIC MALOT | GÉOPOLITIQUE PROFONDE
2 days ago 00:05:00 1
Heilung | Anoana [Official Video]
2 days ago 00:12:23 1
“En Venezuela la democracia tiene nombre y apellido: participativa y protagónica“
2 days ago 00:39:32 1
ВЛОГ.МЫ УЕХАЛИ В ОТПУСК. МНОГО НОВОСТЕЙ.ИСПАНИЯ САЛОУ .
2 days ago 00:00:20 3
В Португалии из-за лесных пожаров пострадали 166 человек. Пожары уничтожили десятки домов, пишет газета Diário de Notícias