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cgod  ·  3602 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: GM reveals the Chevy 'Bolt' at the Detroit Auto Show

My first impression was that it reminds me of the Chevy Aztec, one of the unloveliest cars ever made. Why aren't they showing the rear? Is it just too erotic? How will a car that erotic be safe to drive on the roads? I'm guessing that just like the Aztec it has a fucking ugly back end. I remember they were offering my Dad an new Aztec for almost 50% off when he worked for GM, they had so much overstock and no one wanted to be seen in a car that ugly.

I like the name and your right, it won't age well but I still play Sonic Youth and even a Backstreet Boys song now and again.





kleinbl00  ·  3602 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Pontiac Aztek

FTFY

Growing up, it was widely acknowledged that the ugliest cars ever made were the AMC Pacer

and AMC Gremlin.

Which was uglier was the subject of much debate; arguments could be made either way and often were after several beers. And so it continued unabated until the year 2000, when Pontiac saw fit to bless us with... that thing.

Have you ever seen a car commercial labor so hard to not show you the car? I mean, the first Infiniti ads were just Donald Sutherland's rambling voiceover as the camera slowly panned across the windblown heath but there's so much Video Toastery goodness in that commercial, all of it laboring deleriously to hide the fucking car from the viewer. It's like the dance of the seven veils except Honey Boo Boo's mom is behind the silk.

Anyway. The question then became Pacer, Gremlin or Aztek? Except the game was no longer fun anymore. It was always Aztek.

A couple years later Honda came out with the Element, but not even it could approach the wretchedness of the Aztek. Dodge made a run at it with the Caliber but the Aztek is kind of the absolute perigee of automotive design.

I hope.

steve  ·  3602 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    no one wanted to be seen in a car that ugly

except Walter White...

thenewgreen  ·  3602 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Here is a shot of its butt:

bioemerl  ·  3602 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Looks like crap.

cgod  ·  3602 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It ain't pretty. Hate the flared out wheel wells. Looks like a plastic toy.