I redesign the ugliest SUV in the world into a sleek sports car

The Pontiac Aztek. By some (many) considered one of the ugliest cars in the world. The idea behind it was admirable however the execution and design left us a little confused. What if Pontiac brought the Aztek back in 2021? What would a 2021 Pontiac Aztek look like? Let’s find out.
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  • @heinz0682
    @heinz0682 Жыл бұрын

    JESSE!! WE NEED TO COOK!!!

  • @takumifujiwara5262

    @takumifujiwara5262

    Жыл бұрын

    *The Heisenbergmobile* 🥸

  • @undernova777

    @undernova777

    Жыл бұрын

    Now cooking speed. Lol

  • @realherobrine5636

    @realherobrine5636

    Жыл бұрын

    cringe. L

  • @heinz0682

    @heinz0682

    Жыл бұрын

    @@realherobrine5636 you play roblox and mincraft. its just sad really💀👏👏

  • @leonsilcott4895

    @leonsilcott4895

    Жыл бұрын

    Dont forget the Nissan Juke its ugly to

  • @AlexNagel
    @AlexNagel Жыл бұрын

    Interesting exercise - I think you've successfully created the 1995 front engine Fiero hatch🔥

  • @johngreenwald2954

    @johngreenwald2954

    Жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing! Definitely looks like what a Fiero might have looked like if it kept on going into the 2000’s.

  • @andrewgilman8835
    @andrewgilman8835 Жыл бұрын

    To be fair, the Aztec was ahead of its time with the headlights being below the turn signal lights. Most SUVs look like that nowadays with their daytime running lights.

  • @mkvector9539

    @mkvector9539

    Жыл бұрын

    The Hyundai Venue, the car that i currently daily has that similar headlight design, below the turning signals.

  • @mishasamorodin9150

    @mishasamorodin9150

    Жыл бұрын

    Agree, it was the failure that inspired more success in the future. Ironically that pontiac died and yet the suv crossover continues.

  • @kerc
    @kerc Жыл бұрын

    Now you need to make a modern version of the AMC Eagle. It was a truly cool car. I always liked the front end, with the nice subtle curves at the bottom.

  • @fortheloveofnoise9298

    @fortheloveofnoise9298

    Жыл бұрын

    both the hatch and the coupe version

  • @hasseslaggmek3573

    @hasseslaggmek3573

    Жыл бұрын

    It should have been mentioned in the video that the AMC Eage was a smart re-invention of the AMC Hornet, prolonging its life cycle by making the most of what it was and in the process sort of inventing a new market segment without calling it an SUV, if you don´t consider the original Ford Bronco the first although that seems more like a cutdown light truck to me, but the Eagle arguably must have been the first mass production car to start out as a streetable car turned into one suited also for light terrain use. Kind of like the Volvo XC70 of its day.

  • @chiemekaa
    @chiemekaa Жыл бұрын

    The 2004 Ssangyong Rodius has to be among the top 10. And the Buick Rendezvous which shared the same platform as the Aztek didn't fare much better. Overall a valiant effort, but I can't unsee that generous front overhang.

  • @abrahamcasanova9901

    @abrahamcasanova9901

    Жыл бұрын

    I always thought the Rendezvous was uglier than the Aztek, but no one seems to remember it existed. I completely agree about that Rodius.

  • @divad23

    @divad23

    Жыл бұрын

    Agree Rodius is hideous…luckily for our eyes, Sketch Monkey did a redesign already a couple years ago

  • @stuchly1

    @stuchly1

    Жыл бұрын

    I had no idea Buick rendezvous was even a thing and holy shit it looks so much worse than the aztek what the hell. 😆 It's all round shapes and bubbly and swollen in all kinds of odd ways in the front and then that one random abrupt sharp line across the side back? That looks like it doesn't belong.

  • @Viking8888
    @Viking8888 Жыл бұрын

    My wife and I agreed that the back looks like a delorian. The front looks a lot like a late 80's firebird.

  • @coldinwisconsin2017
    @coldinwisconsin2017 Жыл бұрын

    freaking amazing! that actually works! the backend reminds me a bit of the dodge magnum without being a wagon. Love it!

  • @mat13174
    @mat13174 Жыл бұрын

    That actually doesn’t look bad after those changes

  • @T4CH4NK4-47
    @T4CH4NK4-47 Жыл бұрын

    I could watch you analize cars from google images for hours! so pleasing

  • @kalewebster6136
    @kalewebster6136 Жыл бұрын

    Another great video. Looks sort of like it has a Delorean shape now.

  • @GeminiWoods
    @GeminiWoods Жыл бұрын

    You somehow managed to make an updated DeLorean at the same time.

  • @abrahamcasanova9901
    @abrahamcasanova9901 Жыл бұрын

    Your redesign gives me some DeLorean vibes. I wish you had kept the original wheels, only make them bigger. The huge front overhang makes it feel very 80s.

  • @silentbob151a

    @silentbob151a

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly what I thought he just needed to give it gull wing doors and a flux capacitor!

  • @_FightForYourFreedom_
    @_FightForYourFreedom_ Жыл бұрын

    Looks great - love the squarish wheel openings!

  • @richardike2342
    @richardike2342 Жыл бұрын

    Dude, you have done the impossible, you made the Aztek look good. The Sketch-Monkey is no joke. l have to say this. Me being the Car saleman from 2 decades ago, who sold the very first Pontiac Aztec in the world (and revealed how to sell it to the dealerships), you have completely blown my mind away with this modification. However, the greatest puzzle to me is how that double-face style, which began with the ugly Aztek, is now trending today. Even the new BMW 7 Series & new BMW X7 have them. I call those double-face styled vehicles, "Children of the Aztek." However, your modification kind of reminds me of the DeLorean.

  • @stevestogsdill5791
    @stevestogsdill5791 Жыл бұрын

    Well done. Does it still come with a tent and cooler?

  • @Matticitt
    @Matticitt Жыл бұрын

    I'd drive that AMC wagon. Looks sweet.

  • @Matticitt
    @Matticitt Жыл бұрын

    The sports car redesign came out great. It's really unique and cool-looking.

  • @KM-bv3fp
    @KM-bv3fp Жыл бұрын

    Nice, but Pontiac already gave us this with the Vibe 🤘🏻😁

  • @_MetalUpYourAss_
    @_MetalUpYourAss_ Жыл бұрын

    Georgie was doing commercials for the Eagle Wagon before meeting Pennywise. Interesting

  • @Gabriel_The_Gamer
    @Gabriel_The_Gamer Жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: The Pontiac Aztek was designed by the chief designer for the C7 Corvette

  • @kylo-juju3796

    @kylo-juju3796

    Жыл бұрын

    was he drunk when he designed it??

  • @michaelgakanga

    @michaelgakanga

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad he finally grew up

  • @jesuschristiscallingyou953
    @jesuschristiscallingyou953 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, it looks nicer than it should! Has an iconic vibe to it.

  • @sseilheimer396
    @sseilheimer396 Жыл бұрын

    Almost kind of looks like a DeLorean ❤

  • @tcrweeks
    @tcrweeks Жыл бұрын

    ~ You want to know what went on at the management level that allowed GM to release the Pontiac Aztek? You probably have heard the stories of how they forced Pontiac to use their minivan platform for the Aztek, and not an SUV platform, but it goes beyond that. ~ GM had been losing market share for decades and decided they need some 'fresh blood'. So instead of promoting the next batch of upper mangers from within the company they went way outside their boundaries and hired a bunch of former executives from Proctor and Gamble. Yes, they literally hired a bunch of ‘soap salesmen’. (An old-timey derogatory term for scam artists, much like ‘snake oil salesmen’) Automotive journalists from around the world chastised GM for such a stupid move. One even wrote that, “Their idea of marketing is slapping an orange sticker on the side of the box with the words ‘NOW CONTAINS LANOLIN!’” Ron Zarella was from Bosch and Lomb; an optical company that also makes contact lens cleaner (so he qualifies as a ‘soap salesman’), and was the head of North American Operations. He even admitted, as he left GM, that he, “…never knew how important a car’s design was to the automotive business.” Then… WHAT THE HELL WAS HE DOING BEING AN EXECUTIVE IN A CAR COMPANY? The board of directors should have fired him the moment they found out that he lied about graduating with a business degree from Brown University. ~ So these ‘soap salesmen’ wanted the Aztek to be dynamic and ‘eye catching’. Be careful what you wish for. It was rumored that Wayne Cherry, the head of GM Design, didn’t officially ‘sign off’ on the final design; meaning that he never officially approved it. When asked about the Aztek he responds, “We gave (Pontiac executives) what they wanted.” To get a further idea about the tastelessness of the ‘soap salesmen’ decision makers look at the Saturn designs. They were to be inspired by the Apple computer products of the day; very soft and user friendly, but wound up looking like ill-proportioned blobs. Take a close look at the headlight on the Saturn L. It looks like a dog barfed, they chrome plated the wad of goo, and installed that as the headlight. ~ Epiloge: Ron Zarella was hired back at Bosch and Lomb where they soon discovered that he lied on his resume. They punished him by (get this) NOT giving him a million dollar bonus that year. Where can I go and lie on my resume to get an executive job, then proceed to do a crappy job at it, but still not get fired?

  • @diego432hz
    @diego432hz Жыл бұрын

    Looks spectacular! Thank you for the video

  • @crbayliss2362
    @crbayliss2362 Жыл бұрын

    Looks like a DeLorean had unprotected relations with a Porsche and was adopted by Pontiac.

  • @1WattMicahwave
    @1WattMicahwave Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, I would buy that.

  • @michaelgakanga

    @michaelgakanga

    Жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @torukazama2991
    @torukazama2991 Жыл бұрын

    Just imagine, a sports car with a tent. That's what an Aztec sports car should have.

  • @NikoSoviet88
    @NikoSoviet88 Жыл бұрын

    Walter drove it so it must be cool

  • @AGBULLIT
    @AGBULLIT Жыл бұрын

    Great job! Challenge was successfully completed.

  • @David-tr8xq
    @David-tr8xq Жыл бұрын

    "looked like angry kitchen appliances" had me rolling.

  • @kevinrossi8426
    @kevinrossi8426 Жыл бұрын

    the Aztek is a gorgeus piece of art compared to fiat Multipla

  • @MIDA-Multi-Tool

    @MIDA-Multi-Tool

    Жыл бұрын

    agreed, I honestly don't hate it that much. it's just a bit weird lol

  • @natasastanojevic
    @natasastanojevic Жыл бұрын

    If only Prius could be made worse.... Pontiac: Hold my cigarette....

  • @johnoljones532
    @johnoljones532 Жыл бұрын

    My Aunt had an AMC wagon and I loved it!!

  • @derangedmetalworks9489
    @derangedmetalworks9489 Жыл бұрын

    To be quite honest. I think that GM took the Aztec design and stretched it, then put a small truck bed on it. Just to come up with the Avalanche truck/suv.

  • @BrownFella
    @BrownFella Жыл бұрын

    What software does he use? I want it.

  • @lanebailey6941
    @lanebailey6941 Жыл бұрын

    Fun challenge for u! Predict the c9 corvette design

  • @bonolontapu2813
    @bonolontapu2813 Жыл бұрын

    Mr White is going to be upset and toss another pizza up on the roof

  • @TomYourmombadil
    @TomYourmombadil Жыл бұрын

    Putting the AMC Eagle Wagon on an ugly car list is a CRIME

  • @exoticstranger488
    @exoticstranger488 Жыл бұрын

    A sleek sporty aztec is cool but I think you missed the opportunity to make it look like it has gullwing doors, since the back of the car and the windows look like the windows and back of a DeLorean. Either way, its pretty cool.

  • @infamouseli92
    @infamouseli92 Жыл бұрын

    This new design looks hella a lot better

  • @mishasamorodin9150
    @mishasamorodin9150 Жыл бұрын

    Also what about the 08 honda element? The separation of plastic and metal was kinda gawdy

  • @jeffyspegal4717
    @jeffyspegal4717 Жыл бұрын

    Broo!! This is what the new DeLorean should've looked like!!!

  • @JRBeckford
    @JRBeckford Жыл бұрын

    I loved seeing that AMC Wagon when I was a teen! Weird part about the Aztec is how many vehicles now has a similar front end design... Look at BMW, Jeep, Hyundai and a few others.

  • @StaytonNKent
    @StaytonNKent Жыл бұрын

    Your channel deserves more love

  • @Rick_C-137_
    @Rick_C-137_ Жыл бұрын

    Final rendering looks like a DeLorean

  • @toobusy63
    @toobusy63 Жыл бұрын

    Mitsubishi ECLIPSE CROSS is an updated version of the AZTEK. I loved my Aztek

  • @michaelnewjerseydiecast5535
    @michaelnewjerseydiecast5535 Жыл бұрын

    You might not know Pontiac Rageous concept back in 1997 was very edgy design and was like sports wagon

  • @jacobfischer8385
    @jacobfischer8385 Жыл бұрын

    When you first cut the height down it's literally a subi outback.

  • @justbanga
    @justbanga Жыл бұрын

    It would be cool to update the AMC Eagle

  • @grindertacos
    @grindertacos Жыл бұрын

    Breaking bad will make everyone love the aztek

  • @marjoriemorris5849
    @marjoriemorris5849 Жыл бұрын

    The Aztek was outrageous when it came out in 2001. However, it would fit in very well with the crop of SUV/crossover vehicles produced between 2015-present.

  • Жыл бұрын

    The AMC Eagle Sport Wagon was the second coolest car in Back to the Future. It was the Subaru Outback of the 80s.

  • @dimitridsanta4438
    @dimitridsanta4438 Жыл бұрын

    Dear SketchMonkey. Have ever heard of the mid80s concept car MG EX-E?

  • @michaelgakanga
    @michaelgakanga Жыл бұрын

    You absolutely knocked it out of the park. Proportion always does aloy

  • @mattconnor6779
    @mattconnor6779 Жыл бұрын

    You killed this transformation!

  • @johngreenwald2954
    @johngreenwald2954 Жыл бұрын

    Looks like an early 2000’s Fiero!

  • @silentbob151a
    @silentbob151a Жыл бұрын

    I bet when this baby hits 88 mph you're gonna see some serious shit lol

  • Жыл бұрын

    You could also try doing something different with the 1961 Citroën Ami 6.

  • @mikewilliams3016
    @mikewilliams3016 Жыл бұрын

    2023 Pontiac Fiero SC LSX Turbo GM need to pick this up and run with it.

  • @xevious2501
    @xevious2501 Жыл бұрын

    YOU KNOW IT WAS DESIGNED BY THE SAME GUY WHO DESIGNED THE NEW C8 CORVETTE! its exactly why the c8 has so many off putting proportions shapes and lines. you also have to realize we've gone thru a major period of Ugliness with the then coming of the cross over suv debut. so there are a ton of ugly cars today, but we've already become use to their looks. for instance, we look at small cars as being small but in fact theyre very very big, but with small interiors. they have to be big, because people are substantially bigger. remember when the first major large format SUV's came along? they looked HUGE!!! but when you see them today, they are no where near as big as the largest size vehicles produced today. So those older vehicles that were deemed ugly doesn't look so ugly to us today because we're already use to our modern ugly vehicles that we simply warmed up to. The new C8 is an ugly vehicle, its a Frankenstein design, lending generic elements from other supercars. stitched together in the worst possible way with lines and shapes that are meaningless to one another. And worst of all, its a dated design language, meaning this very new mid engine car already looks decades old.

  • @srt2528
    @srt2528 Жыл бұрын

    basically a Honda CR-X my only issues with this design is that the roof isn't flat and the front bumper looks incomplete

  • @chriscoyle1221
    @chriscoyle1221 Жыл бұрын

    The little boy was happy until his balloon went down that drain. You really have to look up the UK Ford Scorpio frog eye from the 90's. That's another facelift challenge for you. It brought an end to Ford's big executive cars forever.

  • @BlaccCeaza
    @BlaccCeaza Жыл бұрын

    Damn Bem this is nice even better than the last Aztec makeover you did but the Aztec grill just destroys the design you should slap a Bonneville front end on it👍🏿

  • @ChrisB-ru8jh
    @ChrisB-ru8jh Жыл бұрын

    The AMC Eagle Wagon was an awesome car. 4WD, nice to drive, and a definite precursor to today's SUV's.

  • @Neville2MUFC
    @Neville2MUFC Жыл бұрын

    I didn't like it before Breaking Bad, but since then I love it. It's just perfet choice for WW. Also I would like to see you redesign it into modern querky crossover (I don't like them)

  • @blvckdxvth
    @blvckdxvth Жыл бұрын

    this is proof that ride height will make or break a vehicle’s aesthetics. NOTHING looks good at stock height or heightened but everything looks better lowered.

  • @RazvanMihaeanu
    @RazvanMihaeanu Жыл бұрын

    You never heard of AMC Eagle (versions) before? Bruh...

  • @beauxr.benoit1374
    @beauxr.benoit1374 Жыл бұрын

    It is Front-Wheel-Drive, it can only look like it is angry. That is like a tea-cup anything trying to be a guard dog, it just doesn't work. The ugliest one? The Nissan Juke? The AMC Eagle. This is a Four door Jeep Station Wagon with Four-Wheel-Drive, (Rear-Wheel-Drive with a Jeep Drivetrain. This is the proto-type for all true SUV including the OG SUV First Jeep Grand-Cherokee, it was never intended to be anything but slightly ugly so you wouldn't mind playing with it.) There is a Blue Tuner that you have to see on Car Throttle. The Finished product is badass. It is a cross between The First Celica/Supra, Porsche 928 vibes, and if it were Rear-Wheel-Drive with the nose squared off enough would be a very good Fourth-Gen G.T.O. or a very good tribute to it.

  • @frstwhsprs
    @frstwhsprs Жыл бұрын

    I don't know people would say the same thing, but the subtitles look like it'd belong on a Shorts format. I think it's better to left it out and used the traditional captions.

  • @nurysbrito39
    @nurysbrito39 Жыл бұрын

    This challenge is very important use a 1983 AMC concord and make it luxurious 😔

  • @Xev7
    @Xev7 Жыл бұрын

    In EU we do not have Pontiac Aztec, but we have Fiat Multipla. Comparing Aztec to Multipla, i think i would prefer driving Aztec :D

  • @jerrybailey5797
    @jerrybailey5797 Жыл бұрын

    I love it , ld drive that as a coupe (Pontiac Aztec Sports Coupe.... its gotta ring to it 👍) it looks great, lm impressed Sketch , though ld have it in burnt orange. It certainly looks more futuristic 👍

  • @jeremyscott8885
    @jeremyscott8885 Жыл бұрын

    it reminds me of a honda crz hatchback kind of body look when you shrink it down

  • @navigatingthedestination
    @navigatingthedestination Жыл бұрын

    It's if an aztek and a delorean had a baby. Lol I actually like it 👍

  • @battle.garage2404
    @battle.garage2404 Жыл бұрын

    As someone who owns 6 eagles 4 of them being wagons I'm appalled by that search result. Also please do an eagle wagon and or sx4

  • @marclangman4836

    @marclangman4836

    Жыл бұрын

    In a world where the majority of vehicles are crossovers, I’m really surprised by that result to. The Eagle wagon was just way ahead of its time.

  • @ilijacavic9049
    @ilijacavic9049 Жыл бұрын

    Looks like a delorean at the end for some reason

  • @askjeevescosby2928
    @askjeevescosby2928 Жыл бұрын

    The eqgle wagon is awsome. Does not deserve the Haye. It's a 4x4 wagon. It was awsome.

  • @mr.k1896
    @mr.k1896 Жыл бұрын

    Giving me Citroën XM vibes. I like it.

  • @Lookbusybuddy
    @Lookbusybuddy Жыл бұрын

    Front splitter 🤔 maybe a holden v8 front. They have the split bar too.

  • @georgeratcliffe7752
    @georgeratcliffe7752 Жыл бұрын

    Oooh, a Pontiac Delorian!

  • @lukasbarnes4905
    @lukasbarnes4905 Жыл бұрын

    I think Pontiac and Buick gonna look alike because It will feel luxurious and the suspension will feel so smooth and when you drive over the potholes you will never feel anything. Safety Is that a really nice security system so that no one come in will steal your car

  • @Cellardoor.
    @Cellardoor. Жыл бұрын

    this was unexpectedly cool.

  • @gustav_a.mozumder2011
    @gustav_a.mozumder2011 Жыл бұрын

    So take a proper 4 door SUV & modify it into a 2 door SUV with some fancy rims and lowering the roof? 🤔

  • @InHerMajestiesDefense
    @InHerMajestiesDefense8 ай бұрын

    the redesign is just fuggin, badass

  • @jamiebaker6691
    @jamiebaker6691 Жыл бұрын

    Kind of looks like a Delorean with out the gullwing. He should have tried the gullwing door s and see how it would look like.

  • @stuchly1
    @stuchly1 Жыл бұрын

    Gotta say the aztek has actually grown on me over time. It ma seem busy and discordant at first but it's not too far off in the front end from what some companies are doing with the headlights today. And i actually find modern BMWs far more offense in the grill area. 😆 The new wheels on the edit really bother me though, especially the rears because they look far too big, they don't even feel like they fit in the wheel well.

  • @nycnycBarb
    @nycnycBarb Жыл бұрын

    90’S HINDA ACCORD PLEASE

  • @jordanrichmond8292
    @jordanrichmond8292Ай бұрын

    It's an elongated Honda crx

  • @aldogrech55
    @aldogrech55 Жыл бұрын

    Please redesign the 1974 Citroen DS Pallas

  • @billskille
    @billskille Жыл бұрын

    I love the aztec not for the design but because a certain someone had this car 😉

  • @LCriderTimArt
    @LCriderTimArt Жыл бұрын

    can you redesign Toyota MR-2 SW20, please?))

  • @somejackball
    @somejackball Жыл бұрын

    i remember back when Survivor debuted this car one season, like season 2 i think.. was part of a challenge reward if i remember right. anyway they presented the Azteks, and i was like, WTF is this!? was the most dreadful looking suv i'd ever seen! and left me thinking, why the hell would Pontiac make something like that, after having such a huge hit with other models like Grand Am, Gran Prix, The Firebird Trans Am and others.. Big Fail on their part

  • @carlomariavescovini9805
    @carlomariavescovini9805 Жыл бұрын

    I would definitely like to buy this car

  • @thegunbarrelguy7766
    @thegunbarrelguy7766 Жыл бұрын

    The rear looks somewhat like a DeLorean in my opinion.

  • @jamiebaker6691
    @jamiebaker6691 Жыл бұрын

    The Aztec would fit with today s Autos. Ahead of it's time

  • @SendoSincero
    @SendoSincero Жыл бұрын

    What if Ferrari Testarossa was a Sedan or a SUV?

  • @franklinclinton2560
    @franklinclinton2560 Жыл бұрын

    The redesign looks more like a DeLorean but instead of being built in the 80s it was built in the mid 2000s or very late 90s.

  • @JH-qy7zw
    @JH-qy7zw Жыл бұрын

    It works… for a 1970’s design

  • @ratulkoleyy
    @ratulkoleyy Жыл бұрын

    redesign the NEW BATMOBILE

  • @Samu-dx6eb
    @Samu-dx6eb Жыл бұрын

    Looks like you forgot to do the bottom of the front bumper