Pontiac Aztek News

Automakers dream of creating vehicles that people can identify from 50 paces. This can go horribly wrong .

Gah! Are they serious? What were they smoking in the Mini design studio when they came up with this? What you see here is the Mini Beachcomber Concept, the 1960's Mini Moke reimagined through what had to have been a purple haze .

Some awful names have been affixed to vehicles meant to roll or soar: Nimrod , Probe , Lancer , Cimarron , Swinger , Hummer, and Airacobra are a few that raise an eyebrow.

Only Pete Townshend's power chords ever outmuscled that '72 Pontiac Grand Prix. Yes, The Who's "Live at Leeds" album blew out the factory speakers in the Grand Prix I borrowed from my folks as a teenager.

Say what you will about Ed Whitacre, chairman and interim CEO of General Motors: This is a man who knows what he wants and isn't afraid to make sure that he gets it.

For the most part, auto companies have certainly learned from their mistakes: At the 2009 LA Auto Show , there were very few cars you would classify as design faux pas.

The Pontiac Aztek's big moment was as a prize on the inaugural season of "Survivor." It proved to be a car you couldn't have given away on a desert island.

The percentage of people reporting flulike symptoms at outpatient clinics has declined slightly but is still twice the number of reports normally seen this time of year, said Kansas health officials.

IF YOU HAD to come up with a parody of a contrarian story - "Turn that conventional wisdom right on its head! Zig when the others zag!" - you could not do better than this teaser from Slate: "How the Reviled Aztek Could Save GM." The Pontiac Aztek, you may remember, was one of the worst-reviewed, worst-selling, worst-resale-value vehicles in modern ...

General Motors needs another Pontiac Aztek to lead the automaker into the future.

It is this same hideous risk taking design choice that scared many away from GM offerings to follow; and of course the crap quality and bland auto designs.

Fall is when the automakers start rolling out their offerings for the next year.

Don't pay much heed to the wailing from Germany about General Motors Co.'s decision, after all, to keep its Adam Opel GmbH unit.

Tthe 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour began rolling off the line late Monday night at the Honda's factory in East Liberty, Ohio.

Some cars are so well-designed that they are almost art. These aren't. Here are 10 cars from the past 50 years that redefined the word 'ugly.' msnbc.com updated Oct.

As the competition between auto manufacturers seems to get fiercer, it seems that cars have managed to get better and better.

Bad cars have come and gone seemingly every year since Karl Benz first eliminated horses from the carriage.

The official list of what Cash for Clunkers cars were traded in during the program has been listed at cars.gov. Guess what somebody called a clunker and got $4500 for? Can you believe it? Here's the breakdown of the Pontiacs traded in on the Cash to Clunkers program.

Cars.com came out with the most improved and worst cars of the past decade with some surprising picks.

The crossover version of the Accord, the 2010 Crosstour, is not being greeted warmly on the Internet.