Please don’t let this be real: Pontiac Aztec making a come back?

Posted: Feb 23, 2009

Filed under: GM, Pontiac, Spy Shots/Renderings

Update: You can sleep in peace tonight. Pelicared (check out his comment below) has enlightened us that the car you see here is indeed the Ssangyong Actyon from South Korea. This makes us wonder what Ssangyong is doing on U.S. soil?

This past weekend, the folks at Inside Line spotted a very weird looking crossover prototype parked on a residential street in Santa Monica that could give you nightmares.

Those nightmares may be the same ones you had back in 2001 when General Motors unveiled its first “crossover” SUV – the Pontiac Aztek. The model was discontinued in 2005 for obvious reasons. It was voted the ugliest vehicle in the world by the British Telegraph newspaper.

If GM decides to do the Aztek once again, we’ll have to name it the ugliest vehicle in the world and may even support those auto task force advisors looking for $40 billion in bankruptcy funding.

Head over to Inside Line to see the back of this… whatever you want to call it.

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Tags: Funny, Pontiac Aztek, Spy Shots

Cdnsolman

How is it that the Aztek can be called the ugliest vehicle ever made, and the Honda element is a marvel of modern engineering. The same ugly cladding, both have things they brag about, that don't deserve to be bragged about, (Aztek has room for a tent, Honda has a low flat floor that puts the gas tank 6 inches lower than anything else on the vehicle), and really, the Honda looks like an Astro van and an Aztek had a love child.... Oh, right. It's a Honda. Give me a break.

gekke henkie

Don't forget that this is the predecessor of the BMW X6 and actually the 1st try-out to desing a Coupe-SUV crossover (or CUV, or CAV, or whatever).

It's not my style either, but please also not forget that tastes DO differ, espescially from country to country.