Editing Toyota Matrix (section)

{{Short description|Compact station wagon by Toyota, 2002–2014}}
{{Distinguish|Hyundai Matrix}}
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{{Infobox automobile
| name = Toyota Matrix
| image = 2009 Toyota Matrix (E140).jpg
| caption = 2009 Toyota Matrix Standard
| manufacturer = [[Toyota]]
| aka = Toyota Corolla Matrix<ref name="Corolla Matrix">{{cite web |url=https://www.toyota.com/t3Portal/document/om-s/OM12767U/pdf/OM12767U.pdf |title=Toyota 2003 Matrix Owner's Manual (OM12767U) |publisher=Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A, Inc. |date=2002 |access-date=2019-02-09 |archive-date=2020-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928040156/https://www.toyota.com/t3Portal/document/om-s/OM12767U/pdf/OM12767U.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| production = 2002–2014
| model_years = {{unbulleted list
  | 2003–2013 (U.S.)
  | 2003–2014 (Canada)
  }}
| assembly = Canada: [[Cambridge, Ontario|Cambridge]], [[Ontario]] ([[Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada|TMMC]])
| class = [[Compact car]] ([[C-segment|C]])
| body_style = 5-door [[hatchback]]
| layout = {{unbulleted list
  | [[Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout|Front-engine, front-wheel-drive]]
  | [[Front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout|Front-engine, four-wheel-drive]]
  }}
| platform = [[Toyota MC platform]]
| related = {{unbulleted list
  | [[Toyota Corolla]]
  | [[Pontiac Vibe]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Twinned Vehicles: Same Cars, Different Brands |url=https://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/twinned-vehicles-same-cars-different-brands.html |website=Edmunds |access-date=20 August 2020 |language=en-us |date=3 August 2001}}</ref>
  }}
| successor = [[Toyota Corolla iM]]
}}

The '''Toyota Matrix''', officially named '''Toyota Corolla Matrix''',<ref name="Corolla Matrix" /> is a [[compact car|compact]] hatchback manufactured by [[Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada]] in [[Cambridge, Ontario]] and derived from the [[Toyota Corolla|Corolla]]. Introduced in 2002 as a 2003 model, the Matrix was the result of a joint venture between [[Toyota]] and [[General Motors]], with the GM version being the [[Pontiac Vibe]], which was assembled by New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. ([[NUMMI]]) in [[Fremont, California]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=What We Make – Voltz |url=http://www.nummi.com/voltz.php |publisher=[[NUMMI|New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.]] |access-date=2008-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512171658/http://www.nummi.com/voltz.php |archive-date=2008-05-12}}</ref>

The Matrix was positioned as a sporty hatchback counterpart of the North American Corolla and was counted as a variant of it in Toyota's sales figures.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sales|url=http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/crain/an7894428370PNBVG/index.php?startid=32#/44|publisher=Automotive News magazine|access-date=2009-04-28}}</ref>

Although identical mechanically, and nearly as much internally, the Matrix and Vibe had different sheetmetal and exterior trim designed by their respective brands. Both vehicles are narrow, tall [[station wagon]]s styled in a quasi-[[Sport utility vehicle|SUV]] fashion (called a [[Crossover SUV|crossover utility vehicle]] or "CUV" by Toyota) and marketed to a fairly youthful market segment.<ref name="CC-03TM">{{cite web|title=A sleek "CUV" with youthful imagination - 2003 Toyota Matrix|author=Huffman, John|url=http://www.thecarconnection.com/Vehicle_Reviews/SUVs_Wagons/2003_Toyota_Matrix.S181.A4435.html|publisher=The Car Connection|access-date=2008-04-26}}</ref> This type of car is also commonly referred to as a [[sport wagon]].

First sold in February 2002,<ref name="SCC-1">{{cite journal |last=Jacquot |first=Josh |date=April 2009 |title=2003 Toyota Matrix XRS Road Test Review |journal=Sport Compact Car |url=http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/roadtests/0201scc_2003_toyota_matrix_xrs/index.html |access-date=2013-08-07 }}</ref> the Matrix saw a minor facelift for the 2005 [[model year]], and was redesigned completely in 2008 for the 2009 model year, following the [[Toyota Corolla (E140)|tenth generation Corolla]]. Sales of the Matrix were discontinued in the United States in 2013 and in Canada in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holmes |first=Jake |date=6 August 2013 |title=Toyota Matrix Discontinued In U.S. For 2014 |url=https://www.motortrend.com/news/toyota-matrix-discontinued-in-u-s-for-2014-238709/ |website=MotorTrend}}</ref>

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