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Pontiac Vibe

The most useful fact in this whole make: the Vibe is a Toyota Matrix, built alongside it at NUMMI in California on Corolla mechanicals, with Toyota engines, Toyota gearboxes and Toyota engine management. So a Pontiac badge here should send you to Corolla and Matrix information, not to GM's — and that is a rare case where the rebadge points away from the parent company. The GT's 2ZZ-GE is the high-revving lift-cam engine and behaves nothing like the ordinary 1ZZ.

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Generations

First generation 2002–2008

A Toyota Matrix built at NUMMI on Corolla mechanicals — Toyota information applies and GM information mostly does not.
- 1ZZ-FE (ZZ family, 1.4–1.8) 1.8 L
- 2ZZ-GE 1.8 L
- A246E 4-speed automatic
- C-series / E-series (C59, E351) 5-speed manual
Body styles

Hatchback

Platform

Toyota E120
Engines
1.8 1ZZ-FE — 1ZZ-FE · petrol

1.8 2ZZ-GE — 2ZZ-GE · petrol · GT, lift-cam
Transmissions

5-speed C59 manual · 6-speed C60 manual · 4-speed A246E automatic · 4-speed U341F AWD automatic

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
Second generation 2009–2010

Still a Matrix, now on the E140 Corolla; the 2.4 replaces the lift-cam engine at the top of the range.
- 2AZ-FE 2.4 L
- 2ZR 1.8 L
- C-series / E-series (C59, E351) 5-speed manual
- U151E / U250E 5-speed automatic
Body styles

Hatchback

Platform

Toyota E140
Engines
1.8 — 2ZR-FE · petrol

2.4 — 2AZ-FE · petrol
Transmissions

5-speed C59 manual · 5-speed E351 manual · 5-speed U250E automatic · 4-speed U140F AWD automatic · 4-speed U341E automatic

Drivetrain

Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive

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