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Is the appearance really all that bad either? I don't love it, but I've seen plenty of slightly awkward-looking cars and I'm not sure what's supposed to make th
by leoc 12y ago
Is the appearance really all that bad either? I don't love it, but I've seen plenty of slightly awkward-looking cars and I'm not sure what's supposed to make this one so particularly bad. Maybe the photo in the article is from an unusually flattering angle?
- publicfig 12y agoIt is quite a bit different than the aesthetics of vehicles that were out at the time. It fits a lot better with current aesthetics with the rise of the crossover than it did a decade ago.
- stickfigure 12y agoThey actually look worse in person. The first time I saw one of these on the road, my jaw dropped - I just couldn't believe that something this unlovable made it into production. I distinctly remember thinking "GM has gone seriously off the rails". And this is coming from someone that owns a KTM 990A and a Honda Element!
- ScottBurson 12y agoIt was ugly, but not ugly enough to be cute. See: Volkswagen Thing[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_181 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_181
- leoc 12y agoInteresting: it looks like a more successful rival to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Moke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_Moke Mini Moke.
- jessaustin 12y agoIn both of the pics in TFA, the camera is on the ground, so we're looking up at the vehicle. That's kind of an old trick for making any mostly-horizontal object look better. The truly awful angle from which to view an Aztek [really, has no one complained about the spelling of this name?] is from the back.