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Department of WTF?! 2001 Pontiac Aztek Pace Car

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There have been horrendous pace cars over the years. We include in this group the Oldsmobile Bravada, the Mercury Turnpike Cruiser and that eye-searingly awful Corvette.

But none of these auto-sport atrocities quite measures up to the unmitigated awfulness of the 2001 Daytona 500 pace car, the Pontiac Aztek. This mutant spawn of GM's terrible minivan was chosen...Oh, hell...we can't continue.

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5 Comments

moparbad says:

09:03 AM, 09/10/10

It is growing on me. Like a tumor.

lostboyz says:

09:08 AM, 09/10/10

I'm curious as to what drivetrain they dropped in there. Just noticing the roll bar and beefy tires

mrryte says:

09:11 AM, 09/10/10

So that's where BMW got the idea for the X6.....

ptcdawg says:

09:23 AM, 09/10/10

Been saying that for a while...X6 copied Pontiac....

santiagofdz says:

09:38 AM, 09/10/10

...so that means BMW has about 10 years to live before they pull the plug??? I'll worry more if the next 3 series has plastic cladding!

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