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Sunday, November 11, 2007
With a name like Matrix, you've gotta be hip and sporty.
BY ALISA PRIDDLE AND STEVE SILER, November 2007
We saw the cart before the horse, with recent teaser pictures of the Pontiac Vibe hatchback before Toyota released these official pictures and information on the Matrix, which essentially took the engineering lead for the two.
But that’s okay. The Matrix and the Vibe might share underpinnings, but the sheetmetal is unique to the competing brands. The Matrix is built at a Canadian Toyota assembly plant in Cambridge, Ontario, and the Vibe hails from a GM/Toyota joint-venture plant in Fremont, California.
The new Matrix will be available in three trims: Standard, S, and XRS. And like the new 2009 Corolla, which looks like a size-smaller Toyota Camry, the Matrix is the obvious little brother to larger Toyota products, including the Lexus RX350.
The look of the five-door attempts to be sportier and more aggressive—following the trend of utes with lowered rooflines to give off a coupelike effervescence. The XRS does look sharper, thanks to the fitment of a strut-tower brace and an independent rear suspension, but somehow the overall look comes off as less interesting than before.
BY ALISA PRIDDLE AND STEVE SILER, November 2007
We saw the cart before the horse, with recent teaser pictures of the Pontiac Vibe hatchback before Toyota released these official pictures and information on the Matrix, which essentially took the engineering lead for the two.
But that’s okay. The Matrix and the Vibe might share underpinnings, but the sheetmetal is unique to the competing brands. The Matrix is built at a Canadian Toyota assembly plant in Cambridge, Ontario, and the Vibe hails from a GM/Toyota joint-venture plant in Fremont, California.
The new Matrix will be available in three trims: Standard, S, and XRS. And like the new 2009 Corolla, which looks like a size-smaller Toyota Camry, the Matrix is the obvious little brother to larger Toyota products, including the Lexus RX350.
The look of the five-door attempts to be sportier and more aggressive—following the trend of utes with lowered rooflines to give off a coupelike effervescence. The XRS does look sharper, thanks to the fitment of a strut-tower brace and an independent rear suspension, but somehow the overall look comes off as less interesting than before.
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