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Originally Posted by Voodoo.Priest
Any one know if the 09 Matrix XR is still AWD or not? I noticed that have a separate Matrix AWD with lots of crap on it to make it ugly. So I'm wondering if they changed the XR to FWD, if not we finally get AWD in manual.
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The AWD model returns, but only as an automatic like before. Model 1938 for the new ones. The XR was a FWD in the 1st generation, the AWD was available but considered a different model.
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wouldnt they be able to get more hp and torque if it had dual vvti?, cause i mean the older ones had a little more than 170 hp, so im dissapointed man
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The 2.4l engine may have less HP then the old 1.8l the XRS shared with the Celica - but - it has more torque and is going to carry the car better. In addition, you now have all the 2.4l performance enhancements available if you want them. IMHO, the 1.8l engine was not all that great, even at the higher HP. What is intersting is they also added the automatic tranny to the lineup for the XRS Corolla.
