Looking like a refugee from the set of Judge Dredd, the hideous Aztec is Pontiac's attempt to offer an MPV/off-roader 'cross-over' model. It provides an excellent lesson in the perils of grafting one species onto another. Unsurprisingly, buyers have stayed away in droves, despite a hugely expensive launch campaign and a heap of cashback incentives. Stocks of unsold cars are building impressively as I write, and the word is that the Aztec could become an embarrassing failure of Ford Edsel proportions. Meanwhile, General Motors has belatedly promised a restyle.
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