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Sucker! I was on my way to work one day and the car in front of me was a 2002 Buick Rendezvous. I thought to myself "Sucker!" Here's what I mean. There is nobody on the face of this earth that back in 2002 watched a commercial for this car and said to themselves "that's a pretty car, I think I will buy one!" Then they rush out the door to the Buick dealer down the street.
"Yes Joseph, I agree, but why are they suckers?" I'll explain.
In 1998 I walked in to a used car dealership and was looking at a 1996 Mustang GT convertible. Of course the salesmen swarm me like a white on rice, but one salesman in particular didn't give up and kept asking questions.
Salesman: Do you like this car? Me: No, I don't like the white top and I want the 18 inch rims. Salesman: Well what if we changed the top and put the rims you want on it? Me: Price is too high. Salesman: OK, so new top, 18 inch rims and drop the price...then will you buy the car? Me:Well, yeah, I'll buy it. We then headed inside and 3 hours later I left with the car, without the new top, without the 18 inch rims, but with a couple of thousand off the price. You see, he suckered me in and got me inside, started talking in circles and got me to agree to eliminate the things I wanted. In other words, he was great salesman and I was the sucker.
Back to the Buick Enclave and the Pontiac Aztek. There is no way, no how, with thousands of these cars sold that not one of them was an easy sale. I have to think that every single buyer was suckered in. Here is how I think that conversation went.
Salesman: Do you like this car? Buyer: Hell no. It's butt ugly? Salesman: Well what if we changed the front facia, lower it, put 20 inch Dubbs on it, install side pipes, remove the engine and put something in that actually gets you down the road. What would you say then? Buyer: Well, what about the back, that sucks too? Salesman: Sure, sure! We'll remove the back hatch, channel it, shave it, and paint it a sick ass gun metal gray. Will you buy it then? Buyer: OK. And off they go inside...7 hours later the buyer drives off the lot with none of that done and with the one of the ugliest cars ever made. Sucker.
Now, it begs the question, what are the ugliest cars made in the world. I think these are the top five:
5 - Scion xB, Nissan Cube, Honda Element
4 - Isuzu Vehicross
3 - Fiat Multipla
2 - Volkswagen Thing
1 - Pontiac Aztek / Buick Rendezvous
Tell me what you think? Am I missing some? Click here.
Buy the way, I wasn't kidding about that Aztek, somebody actually did all those things.
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