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bandi Lippy Mechanic Bastard
Location: Trent Hills, ON Gender: Male Total Likes: 734 likes
A liminal mind is all I've ever known.
| | | | Re: First production Pontiac Aztek up for auction < Reply # 7 on 8/4/2013 1:27 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Samurai the real tragedy of the Asstek was once you got past the hideous exterior styling, the interior was functional, nicely laid out and made for road trips. But the styling... whoever designed the exterior should've been executed along with the managers that approved it.
| It really was a cool idea. Just executed really fucking badly. I always thought they should have built a Montana van with all the Aztek options (tent, cooler, rear stereo control, AWD, etc), a slight lift, a roof cage and some extra lights. I still think Montanas are shit, but it probably would have sold.
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| Samurai Vehicular Lord Rick
Location: northeastern New York Total Likes: 1900 likes
No matter where you go, there you are...
| | | Re: First production Pontiac Aztek up for auction < Reply # 8 on 8/4/2013 3:05 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by bandi
It really was a cool idea. Just executed really fucking badly. I always thought they should have built a Montana van with all the Aztek options (tent, cooler, rear stereo control, AWD, etc), a slight lift, a roof cage and some extra lights. I still think Montanas are shit, but it probably would have sold.
| it's not that the Montana's were shit, it was GM's business model at the time... ONE platform for 20 vehicles across how many product lines? Badge engineering sucked as far back as the 80's. The foreign makes were doing it, too, but were far more clever about hiding it. Look at the bright side... you can pick up an Aztek on the cheap side, keep it in your yard and in 10 years, it will be a quirky collectible. Seriously, did anyone in the mid 70's think an AMC Pacer was going to be collectible? or a Toyota Corolla? Ford Pinto? No.
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| Samurai Vehicular Lord Rick
Location: northeastern New York Total Likes: 1900 likes
No matter where you go, there you are...
| | | Re: First production Pontiac Aztek up for auction < Reply # 18 on 8/7/2013 12:05 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by bandi IT WAS A LOVELY DASHBOARD. There's a Textron plant about 20 minutes from where I grew up... Port Hope, Ontario. The only car I know that they made dashboards for was the Viper, but they did about 35,899,243 other kinds of dashboards too. I just remembered the Viper for some reason.
| we did dashboards and interiors for the Corvette (and they were an arrogant bunch o mongrels), Cadillac ElDorado, Oldsmobile Intrigue, Ford Mustang, Subaru Legacy, Toyota Camry, Chevrolet Malibu/Oldsmobile Cutlass, Freightliner... there are a couple more, but it's been almost 14 years and I don't recall the others.
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