awd still there?

[phillyj]

i was at the toyota site but couldn find anyhting about an awd matrix. i think it used to be called an xrs. anyone know anyhting?

[damienp]

Toyota discontinued their Matrix XRS, Corolla XRS, and the Matrix AWD this year. I guess they were the lowest selling models of the Corolla/Matrix group.

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...atrix_toy.html

[Whelan]

I have one! lol. They no longer make them, 06 was the last year. I found an 05 in Mass. I live in CT, looked through 4 states for almost a month to find this one. Yes they were not the highest selling models, but now since they do not make them, they are highly saught after. That just means better resale for me, not that I would anytime soon, probably not ever with this car.

[Matrix1]

Yes it looks like they are no longer making them....

I really had a hard time getting mine in May, one was sold right out from under me.
It was a Locate as the dealer didnt have it in stock. They did find another one but it was difficult because I was looking for the Sunroof / Side airbags.They messed up bigtime with delivery date but I eventually got it.Glad I waited for it, it was worth the wait....

John

[Schnitzelboy]

When I learned that they were no longer going to make AWD, I immediately started pricing the 06's. Even though I had a 2004 XR AWD with 41,000 miles and still owed 3 years of payments I went on Kelly Blue Book online and "found" that my old car was worth $1000 more than I still owed. Then I started talking to dealers pricing similarly equipped cars. FOr some dumb reason I convinced myself I could keep paymets in the same ballpark, but with a new car.

Once I seriously sat down with the dealer he told me my trade wasn't worth near what Kelly Blue Book said: He claimed NO car is in "excellent" condition, even though my car was immaculate. He and another dealer would only offer the value of a car in "good" condition. I said "forget it" and went on vacation.


When I came back I just happened to be driving through the lot of another dealer who had a red 2006 with AWD, side airbags and the XR package - all for around $20000. Just for laughs I went in and asked about it. They checked out my car and offered by $1500 more than the other dealers. But when we sat down to actually deal it turned out that car was sold. The dealer spent 15 minutes searching for another AWD. The nearest he could find was 300 miles away!!!

To make a long story short, I bought a boring grey 06 in basic trim. My payments are actually 3 bucks a month cheaper BUT I really, really miss my power mirrors, adjustable intermittent wipers, those little rear view mirror lights and the 110 volt plug. I guess I'm stuck with this car until Toyota comes out with something else cheap in AWD.

My old car sold in 3 days and I haven't seen another 2006 AWD Matrix on the dealers' lots since I got mine. They are hot items right now. The dealer agreed with me that it made no sense that Toyota stopped making AWD. We need them up here in the Land Of Snow.

[Locomotion]

My local Toyota dealership manager said awd will be back for the 2008 model year. He also claimed that Toyota scrapped the Matrix awd version for 2007 due to increased fuel costs.