Toyota Matrix News

The interior, however, could use a little European refinement or Japanese quality control.

The original Mini was launched by the British Motor Corporation in 1959. Its successor arrived in mid-2002 and was built in England by BMW, which acquired the brand.

The fact that Toyota Canada announced a 25% drop in year-to-year sales in the first quarter of this year , but still saw a 12% increase in Matrix sales speaks volumes about this practical little machine.

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General Motors Corp. said it failed to reach an agreement with Toyota Motor Corp.

The latest highlights from Edmunds.com and its blogosphere. Auto Observer: Half-Hearted Cash for Clunkers Bill Awaits President's Pen The Cash for Clunkers bill was approved by both houses of Congress last Friday.

In a live webchat on Friday, our illustrious Editor-In-Chief, Lyle Dennis, posed a question to GM North America President, Troy Clarke, regarding collaboration with Toyota , given the American automaker's failed economic state.Dennis: What are some possible options under consideration for GM's involvement in NUMMI, and is GM considering licensing ...

Earlier this week news broke that General Motors would in fact be discontinuing the Pontiac Vibe, built alongside the Toyota Matrix at the California New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.

Things change fast these days in the wacky world of automaking. Just last week, we pointed you toward the 2010 Pontiac Vibe , saying the last Pontiac was the best green car it had offered.

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GM says it will stop making the Pontiac Vibe small car in August at a factory it runs jointly with Toyota in Fremont, Calif.

General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson said Wednesday the company is moving swiftly on restructuring under bankruptcy protection and the watchful eye of the president's auto task force.

Will somebody please raise John DeLorean from the dead and give him the keys to the 12th floor of General Motors? GM has committed the ultimate insult to Pontiac, and cancelled all of its cars for 2010 except for the Toyota Matrix rebadged as a Pontiac Vibe.

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There is a mantra in the auto business that you must refresh or renew models every five years in order to retain - and build upon - your owner base.

There was a moment last week when Representative Denis E. Guyer was stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on Interstate 93.

The conclusion of a federal incentive program coupled with a drop in the pump price of gasoline has diminished the financial argument in favour of a hybrid vehicle, according to the latest B.C. Automobile Association hybrid cost study.

When it came to buying a new car, Glen Grove School teacher Daryl Nitz didn't have to ask himself whether he was smarter than a fifth-grader. He turned over the decision-making process -- including the sales pitch and financing options -- to his fifth-grade accelerated math students.

Despite the phasing out of the Pontiac brand and the bankruptcy of General Motors, Toyota says it wants to keep its relationship with GM at the companiesa joint-venture plant in California.

Toyota likes to call Matrix a compact crossover, but basically it's a Corolla hatchback.