Pontiac Aztek

Production period:	2001 to 2005
Class:	Motor Car
Body versions:	hatchback SUV
Engines:	Gasoline:3.4 litres (138 kW)
Length:	4625 mm
Width:	1872 mm
Height:	1694 mm
Wheelbase:	2751 mm
Curb weight:	1714 kg
previous model	Pontiac Sunrunner
successor	Pontiac Torrent

The Pontiac Aztek is a crossover SUV from the 2000s, offered by the US automaker Pontiac from 2001 to 2005.

History 

The Pontiac Aztek was based on the 1999 design study of the same name.

The production version was introduced to the model year 2001 and caused a stir with its unusual design. It was together with the also on the shortened GM U- platform built Buick Rendezvous Motors General plant in Ramos Arizpe produced (Mexico).

The choices were a basic Aztek and the Aztek GT, both available with either front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive; the four-wheel drive model had an independent rear suspension, the base model a rigid axle. The Aztek by a 3.4-liter powered V6 - gasoline engine, which via an electronically controlled transferred his power four-speed automatic.

For model year 2002, the plastic panels were no longer ribbed on the body, but smooth design and painted in body colour, the front turn signals were clear glass covers and the glass tailgate received an attached tear-off (spoiler).

In 2003, the Aztek Rally Edition with front lowered body, a larger rear spoiler, grille in body colour and chrome-plated 17-inch wheels. New extras included a DVD player, an XM satellite radio and a tire pressure monitoring system.

As of 2004, a CD / MP3 player was available at an additional cost.

In a survey of the British daily newspaper Daily Telegraph in August 2008, readers were questioned about the one hundred ugliest cars of all time; while the Pontiac Aztek won the first place. Spiegel Online voted him in February 2009 as one of the 10 ugliest cars of all time. 

In Film and TV.

The main character Walter White (shown by Bryan Cranston) of the American television series Breaking Bad drives a Pontiac Aztek. This car can be seen in almost every episode and is damaged several times in the course of the action, a Running Gag similar, for example, the windscreen is broken several times.In the television series Dark Angel drives the main character Logan Cale also an Aztek.