The Pontiac Aztek encapsulates everything that is wrong with the American automotive industry. Someone needs to bitchslap the Managers and Designers who are responsible for this monstrosity.
The rest of the world knows that if you build mechanically reliable, fun to drive, well styled vehichles that people will buy them.
GM has their head so far up their beehinds that they still havent caught onto this. They still think that they can produce plasticky junk, with coarse engines, mediocre handling, poor reliability, as long as they put 2 million commercials on Tv saying how wonderful their cars are.
I can just see the loser Managers coming up with the Aztek, well Bob we need a car that will appeal to the 25-34 yr olds, well those SUVs are mighty popular, and those young kids sure do like that action lifestyle. Lets put a fuggin tent in the thing and sell a piece of plastic junk to those morons.
GM design a solid car first, then start worrying about putting in air mattresses and tents in the darn thing ok????
Everyone please stop buying GMs crap so they'll be forced to design a decent car!! If Ford can do it GM can too.