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According to a report from
AutoGuide,
Toyota doesn't have plans to replace the aging
Matrix hatchback in the United States after this year. If true, the timing coincides with the replacement for the
Corolla, on which the Matrix is based, with that car slated to get its first complete redesign since 2006 (2008 in the US market).
We'd love to tell you how many Matrix models were sold by Toyota in the United States last year, but the automaker chooses to bundle Matrix sales with Corolla sales, so we have no idea. That said, we have to assume sales of the hatchback don't contribute much overall to the total number of Corolla-based machines.
We're also unsure if Toyota will choose to
exit the youth-oriented compact hatchback market entirely, or if the automaker will rely instead on its hybrid
Prius line and
Scion models like the
xB and
xD.
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