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Pontiac Vibe
The Pontiac Vibe is
a car produced in Fremont, California, USA
by NUMMI (New United Motor Manufacturing,
Inc), a shared endeavor between General Motors
and Toyota. Prototypes were shown at the North
American International Auto Show in Detroit
in January 2000 and production vehicles came
on the market in 2002 for the 2003 model year.
It
is a short and rather tall station wagon that
is being marketed as a trendy, quasi-SUV vehicle
for young adults. Toyota calls their version
the Matrix, although lack of capacity at the
NUMMI plant means that the Matrix is produced
in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. The Vibe was
exported to Japan (with minor badging changes)
as the Toyota Voltz from 2003 to 2004.
The car features a standard
household-style 115 volt AC electrical outlet
so that common electrical devices can be used
inside the car without a separate inverter.The
Vibe is available in an economical base model,
in "sporty" GT trim, or also in
an all wheel drive model. Powertrains
available for this car are a 1.8 L I4 16-valve
engine producing 130 hp on the base model
(manual or automatic transmission), 123 hp
on the all wheel drive model (automatic only),
or a version with variable valve timing producing
180 hp for the GT (manual only). The Vibe
is currently the most fuel efficient vehicle
sold by GM in North America.
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