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Pontiac Vibe

The Pontiac Vibe is a compact

Compact car

A compact , small family or c-segment car is a car classification of automobile which are larger than a supermini car and smaller than a large family car....
hatchback

Hatchback

Hatchback is a term designating an automobile design, containing a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind the vehicle by a single, top-hinged tailgate or large flip-up window....
car produced in Fremont, California

Fremont, California

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, in the United States

United States

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by NUMMI

NUMMI

New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. is an automobile manufacturing factory in Fremont, California. The factory was an old General Motors Corporation plant originally opened in 1962 and is now a joint venture between GM and Toyota....
(New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc), a joint venture between General Motors

General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
and Toyota, and marketed under General Motors' Pontiac

Pontiac

Pontiac is a brand of automobiles, produced by General Motors Corporation that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico since 1926....
brand. The Toyota Voltz

Toyota Voltz

The Toyota Voltz was a tall station wagon sold from 2002 to 2004. It was assembled by NUMMI in Fremont, California and marketed by Toyota Motor Corporation in its home market of Japan, but curtailed after a disappointing sales volume of just over 10,000 units....
is an identical twin to the vibe (with different badging) that was sold in Japan for a short while before being dropped due to lack of popularity. It is a short and tall hatchback

Hatchback

Sport utility vehicle

A sport utility vehicle is a generic marketing description for a vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis. Usually equipped with four-wheel drive for on or off-road ability, some SUVs include the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan....
(or Station Wagon

Station wagon

A station wagon in American English, Australian English, Canadian English and New Zealand English usage and an estate car in British English usage, is a passenger automobile with a car body style similar to a sedan but with the roofline following the full, sometimes extended rear cargo area, i.e. ending with a more vertical door...
) vehicle for younger buyers.

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The Pontiac Vibe is a compact

Compact car

A compact , small family or c-segment car is a car classification of automobile which are larger than a supermini car and smaller than a large family car....
hatchback

Hatchback

Fremont, California

United States

NUMMI

General Motors

Pontiac

Pontiac is a brand of automobiles, produced by General Motors Corporation that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico since 1926....
brand. The Toyota Voltz

Toyota Voltz

Hatchback

Sport utility vehicle

Station wagon

North American International Auto Show

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in Detroit in January 2000 and production vehicles came on the market in 2002 for the 2003 model year. The Vibe is the mechanical counterpart of the Toyota Corolla Matrix and is based on the Toyota Corolla

Toyota Corolla

The Corolla is a line of subcompact car/compact cars produced by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966....
's E-platform.

First generation (2003-2008)

The 2003-2006 Vibe was available in an economical base trim, an all-wheel drive mid-trim, or a "sporty" GT with more power. The 2007 model year only offered the base model.

Powertrains available for this car are a Toyota-built 1.8 L

Litér

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straight-4

Straight-4

The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
16-valve

Multi-valve

In automotive engineering, an engine is referred to as multi-valve when each cylinder has more than two poppet valve. Such designs have been around since at least 1912 and perhaps earlier....
engine producing on the base model (manual

Manual transmission

A manual transmission is a type of Transmission used in automotive applications. It generally utilizes a driver-operated clutch operated by a pedal or lever, for regulating torque transfer from the engine to the transmission, and a gear-shift either operated by hand or by foot ....
or automatic transmission

Automatic transmission

An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manual transmission....
), 118 hp

Horsepower

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on the all-wheel drive model (automatic only), or a version with VVTL-i

VVT-i

VVT-i, or Variable Valve Timing with intelligence, is an automobile variable valve timing technology developed by Toyota, similar in performance to the BMW's VANOS....
producing for the GT (manual 6-speed only). The Vibe is currently the most fuel efficient vehicle sold by GM in North America

North America

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, but this will not be the case with the revised United States Environmental Protection Agency

United States Environmental Protection Agency

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testing procedures in 2008.

There have been some minor changes between model years. The Vibe was first produced in 2002 and went on sale as a 2003 model. Power ratings for the first three model years were slightly higher, with the GT up to , the base model rated at , and the all-wheel drive model rated at . Engine power claims were decreased for 2006 as a result of Toyota's re-testing of its engines

Internal combustion engine

The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs in a combustion chamber inside and integral to the engine. In an internal combustion engine it is always the expansion of the high temperature and pressure gases that are produced by the combustion which apply force to the movable component of the engine, such as...
for the new Society of Automotive Engineers

Society of Automotive Engineers

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ratings standard. The 2007 model year no longer offered a GT or all-wheel-drive option due to poor sales and new federal emissions standards.

The front fascia was freshened in the 2005 model year. In an attempt to 'converge' the Pontiac

Pontiac

Pontiac is a brand of automobiles, produced by General Motors Corporation that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico since 1926....
look, the front grill was restyled to resemble the look of the Pontiac Solstice

Pontiac Solstice

The Pontiac Solstice is a small sports car from the Pontiac division of General Motors. Introduced at the 2004 North American International Auto Show, the Solstice roadster began mass production in Wilmington, Delaware, starting in mid-2005 for the 2006 model year....
, also adopted by other vehicles in the Pontiac line. The 2003-2004 Vibes had a front grill more closely resembling the discontinued Pontiac Aztek

Pontiac Aztek

The Pontiac Aztek is a mid-size crossover SUV that was produced by the General Motors marque Pontiac from the 2001 model year to the 2005 model year....
. The Vibe is one of the most economical, low-emission cars sold by GM.

Toyota Voltz

The Vibe was made right-hand drive and exported to the Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese market as the Toyota Voltz from 2002 to 2004.

Second generation (2009)-

The Vibe was redesigned, along with the Matrix, for the 2009 model year, and debuted at the 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show. "The new Vibe's design is sporty yet completely functional," according to Ron Aselton, chief designer. "Clean lines, minimal overhangs and wheels pushed to the corners give the vehicle a muscular stance." The GT trim and AWD

Four-wheel drive

Four-wheel drive, 4WD, 4x4 , or AWD is a four-wheeled vehicle with a Powertrain that allows all four wheels to receive torque from the engine simultaneously....
options return, and two new straight-4

Straight-4

The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
engines (Toyota's 2.4L 2AZ-FE

Toyota AZ engine

The Toyota AZ engine family is a straight-4 piston engine series. The AZ series uses an aluminium engine block with cast iron cylinder liners and aluminium DOHC cylinder heads....
used on the Camry

Toyota Camry

The Toyota Camry is a mid-size car, formerly a compact car manufactured by Toyota since 1980. The name "Camry" comes from a phonetic transcription of the Japanese word kemuri , which means "wiktionary:smoke", when an engineer noticed the thick smoke pouring out of the engine during testing before the exhaust was fitted....
for the AWD and GT trims as well as optional on the base trim, and a new 1.8L 2ZR-FE

Toyota ZR engine

The ZR engine family is a 4 cylinder engine family with a die-casting block introduced in 2007 by Toyota. Engines displace either 1.6 liters, 1.8 liters or 2.0 liters....
standard on the base trim) are offered.

Second Generation FWD Vibes also offer computerized traction-control and anti-lock brakes. Rear disc brakes are standard on all models. Luggage racks are no longer standard order.

The Vibe offers of passenger volume (all seats up) and of cargo volume, for a total of with rear seats that fold completely flat. The cargo area is high and wide, which is large enough to accommodate a standard-sized, American washing machine or clothes dryer with enough extra room for an appliance dolly.

First deliveries to dealerships were posted on GM's Website in April 2008, with comments that initial sales were brisk. The first units were delivered to buyers in early March.

Cahokia, IL police have added the Pontiac Vibe to their fleet, as a test of its fuel efficiency vs police-ready performance. (news reports)

Despite the shrinking of the Pontiac brand, the Vibe is expected to remain in production into the forseeable future.

External links

, a Pontiac Vibe enthusiast site