Fans of the Pontiac Vibe will have to go to its cousin, the Toyota Matrix, now that Pontiac has been phased out by GM. Both have used the same Toyota engine, but were made at different plants; the Matrix is made in Ontario while the Vibe was made at the GM-Toyota NUMMI plant in California. Just as the Vibe engine was completely dependable, newly converted Toyota owners will find the same dependability in the Matrix.

The Matrix has two four-cylinder engine options in the 2010 version, a 1.8-liter engine that gets 28 MPG or a 2.4-liter engine that gets 24 MPG. Neither engine appears to have been changed from the 2009 version. lua.