Who makes Pontiac Aztek?
General Motors
Pontiac Aztek/Manufacturers
The Pontiac Aztek is a mid-size crossover produced and made by General Motors from the years of 2001-2005. This short-lived car created by Tom Peters, the chief designer in 1997, is a 4-door crossover with a front engine and 4WD.
Is the Pontiac Aztek still in use today?
Aside from the proliferation of the fundamental concept pioneered, if poorly, by the Pontiac, the Aztek has another ace up its sleeve: It spawned the Buick Rendezvous. Both Aztek and Rendezvous ride on a version of GM’s U-platform, which also underpinned front-wheel-drive vans (and it’s still in use in China today!).
Why was the Pontiac Aztec the biggest failure in automotive history?
Why The Pontiac Aztec Was The Biggest Failure In Automotive History. For six decades, the Edsel stood as the archetype of automotive failure. The car nearly sunk the Ford Motor Company for a variety of reasons; most infamously, its toilet seat grille that bore a rather unfortunate resemblance to a vulva.
Where was the Pontiac Aztek and rendezvous built?
Both Aztek and Rendezvous ride on a version of GM’s U-platform, which also underpinned front-wheel-drive vans (and it’s still in use in China today!). In fact, both were built at the same plant in Mexico.
What did Bob Lutz say about the Pontiac Aztek?
Bob Lutz, who took over the top product job at GM in the aftermath of the Aztek, has claimed that the design was presented to focus groups who felt about the thing the way we all felt about it when we first saw it: They hated it. Well, actually Lutz claimed that the market-research respondents said, “I wouldn’t take it as a gift.”
What was the failure of the Pontiac Aztek?
When it finally went to market, the Aztek sold like vitamin supplements at a Big Pharma convention. It fell so drastically short of sales goals that GM didn’t even come close to breaking even. That such a poorly-selling vehicle lasted for five years is kind of amazing, but it speaks to a different side of the Aztek and its tragic “what if” story.
Is the Pontiac Aztek the ugliest car ever made?
Everybody knows the story of the Pontiac Aztek, a vehicle widely considered to be one of the ugliest ever put into production—and a perfect example of an automaker bungling what seemed to be a great idea. Two decades after the apparently ill-fated vehicle’s debut, I’m going to offer a revisionist interpretation: The Pontiac Aztek won in the end.
Bob Lutz, who took over the top product job at GM in the aftermath of the Aztek, has claimed that the design was presented to focus groups who felt about the thing the way we all felt about it when we first saw it: They hated it. Well, actually Lutz claimed that the market-research respondents said, “I wouldn’t take it as a gift.”
When did the General Motors Aztek come out?
Second, for all the Aztek’s many flaws—it had a horrible engine, deplorable early 2000s General Motors quality, and it was quite ugly—it may be time to admit the Aztek was right. More than that, it was the future. The Aztek was only made from 2001 to 2005.