Matrix vs. Vibe

Yes the huge difference in the total drive home price between the two. The Matrix will cost you thousands more to drive home

mike

I'm no expert, so give credence to anyone contradicting me....

A while back Toyota and Chevy had a similar deal on what seemed to be nearly identical models. Chevy's was the Prizm; was Toyota's the Corolla? I was told that the differences lay under the skin, such as the better specs on the Toyota's bumper strength and stuff like that.

I offer that mushy comment by way of suggesting that the buyer might be hard-pressed to discern differences that the driver might discover later. As Pogo said, "You pays yo' money, you takes yo' chances."

Brent, whose file of pithy sayings crashed with his hard drive. :-(

wrong. matrix is cheaper even with the GM discounts. also the matrix has a longer warranty. pontiac only has a 36,000 mile warranty-toyota 60,000 mile. check prices at carsdirect.com

Is this a toy with the pontiac body?

Cannot answer any questions except #2.

You really have to check it out yourself. I do know several bad Toyota dealer service departments. I have no experience about Pontiac dealers since I have never own any cars other than Toyota.

Edmunds lets you compare vehicles. One example is

Pat

Says who? Specifics please. They are the same vehicle mechanically.

-Philip

The specifics are in the link. Edmunds says. It's economics, not mechanics. Pat

It was the Geo Prism and the Toyota Corolla. They were both, in fact, made on the same assembly line at Fremont California. I own one. The Prism only had a 1.6 engine, the Toyota came with either the 1.6 (4Y) or 1.8 (7Y) and could come with a 3 speed AT, a 3 speed + OD AT or a 5 speed manual. My Toyota has 203,000 miles on it, and has the 3 +OD tranny on the 7Y.

My guess is that the Matrix will have 'better' options than the equivalent Vibe. Find the specs online and compare them. . . .

I was told that the differences lay under the skin, such as

Charles of Kankakee ..._0) (Happy snorkeler)

The link is NOTHING more than two specifications tables comparing Vibe and Matrix. You'll have to do better to make your case.

-Philip

The link contains other links to "true cost to own" and those contain links to details of how the costs were determined. You need to go deeper.

Pat

Have had house repair projects going on ... now complete. Then we vacationed up to San Francisco. And now that the grandkids are back in school, I've got time for myself again.

No .. YOU need to post the specific link that supports your contention. That's how it works.

-Philip

I thought you lived in the Bay Area - East Bay?

There are mountainous roads in common with where we live ... and that's it.

-Philip

I now they are made in different plants. Vibe in the Freemont plant and the Matrix is made in Canada. I sometimes listen to a radio show from Sacramento. The guy was talking about his trip to the Nummi plant in Freemont back when the Geo Prism and the Toyota Corolla were both made there. He said it was interesting to watch the inspection at the end before the Pontiac and Toyota to delivery of the vehicles ( I think the factory operates as a separate company) the Toyota rep sent a lot more cars back to be fixed before take delivery. It sounded interesting.

And your POINT IS?

AFAIK, Toyota has done away with using Delco parts due to their high failure rates, and has specified Denso parts as replacements. Usually, if you bring your Prizm in for service and a NUMMI installed part has crapped out it is replaced with a Denso part.

The original spec of a Delco part was to up the US made content in certain cars. Now that Denso has a manufacturing facility here in the US...