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2004 Pontiac Aztek

Manufacturer

Pontiac

Model

Aztek

Year

2004

Color

Fern Green

License plate

NM #09Q SBN

Class

Off-road/SUV

Owner

Walter White (former) Benny

Driven by

Walter White (former)

Fate

Status

Sold by Walter White to Benny for $50 Appearances in Breaking Bad

First	Last
"Pilot"	"Fifty-One"

Appearances in Better Call Saul

First	Last
"Breaking Bad"	"Breaking Bad"

Appearance in El Camino

✘ No

Images (62) / Videos (3)

“	Gotta say, when you first brought her in, I had my doubts. But your little darling's got nine lives.	„
― Benny to Walter White[src]

The Pontiac Aztek was Walter White's car. It has a faded factory paint job and is missing the factory alloy wheel on the drivers' rear corner, replaced with a far less attractive replacement steel wheel.

This vehicle is notorious for being an under-achieving ‘crossover’ model and having an ugly appearance.

Contents

• 1 History
  • 1.1 Breaking Bad
• 2 Behind the scenes
• 3 Trivia
• 4 External links

History[]

Breaking Bad[]

Walter’s Aztek has had its windshield broken several times during the course of the series. Once when Wayfarer 515 crashed with a chartered plane, the debris from the mid-air collision lands on his vehicle, breaking the windshield. ("ABQ") Walter is pulled over and given a citation for driving with a broken windshield, an encounter that infuriates Walter. Walt tells the officer the crack was caused by debris from the Wayfarer 515 collision. "Hellfire rained down on my house!" he screams. His behavior leads to him being pepper sprayed and arrested by the officer who pulled him over. ("Caballo Sin Nombre")

Walt with his first broken windshield.Walt angrily ranting at the cop who pulls him over ("Caballo Sin Nombre")

On another occasion, an argument between Walter and Jesse Pinkman leads to Pinkman picking up a large piece of cement from a broken curb and using it to shatter Walt's windshield. ("Más")

The front end was heavily damaged (and the windshield broken for the third time) when Walt drove the Aztek into two rival drug dealers who were about to kill Jesse. ("Half Measures") Later Mike Ehrmantraut tells him to get it fixed, so he brings the car to a mechanic, Benny, whom he tells a deer collision caused the damage. ("Full Measure") ("Fifty-One") The back end was damaged when Walt intentionally steered his car into oncoming traffic to avoid having to take Hank to the industrial laundry where the superlab was hidden. ("Crawl Space")

When Benny had finished repairing the Aztek yet again, Walt realized he didn't want the vehicle and sold it to his mechanic on the spot for $50. He then leased a new 2012 Chrysler 300 SRT-8. ("Fifty-One")

The Pontiac Aztek ("...and the Bag's in the River")Walt with his repaired windshield ("Green Light")Walt driving the Pontiac Aztek into the Rival Dealers ("Half Measures")Walt standing outside his car ("Full Measure")Walt driving the Aztek ("Shotgun")Walt selling his Pontiac Aztek to Benny ("Fifty-One")

Behind the scenes[]

The Aztek was one of two vehicles that had been established in the show pilot, before Dennis Milliken came on as Transportation Coordinator in Episode One. He credits show creator Vince Gilligan with a clear vision for what all the cars should bring to the show’s production:

“The story that I got was that Vince was presented a few options and fell in love with his ‘Mr. Chips’ [a reference to the 1939 film Goodbye, Mr. Chips about an aging headmaster] riding around Albuquerque in this vehicle.”

And that distinctive green color was all Vince, as well. Interesting that the Pontiac Aztek was voted as one of the worst cars made. [It] kinda made Mr. White look somewhat pathetic. [But] Aztek owners tend to be very protective of their vehicles, and this just goes to show you that Vince shares the same view of the majority of those taking the aforementioned polls.”

Trivia[]

• There were 3 Azteks used in the show. The main vehicle driven by Walt, a crash double also used as a parts car, and a second crash double. The main car will remain on display at Sony Studios. The second crash double was used in the crash scene with Hank, and had severe rear damage; It sold at auction on October 8th, 2013, for $7,800.

External links[]

• 2004 Pontiac Aztek at IMCDb.org
• Pontiac Aztek at Wikipedia

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