The Vive and the Matrix are the same car I looked at them when it came time to buy cars the last time; the Pontiac was cheaper by a factor of 10% even though they come out of the same factory built by the same workers.Shoot, seeing as how Vibes are based off the Toyota Matrix, they're probably even more bullet proof.
Yeah. Badge Engineering is an interesting concept. When talking cars, I've kind of trained myself away from saying "Car X and Car B are the same car" because for some dumb reason a lot of people really want to split hairs on some of the most minute differences and I just like avoiding those conversations. That's why I'll sometimes say things like "I love '80s GM G-Bodies" because that way I can kind of get away with saying that the '80s Buick Regals and Oldsmobile Cutlasses were pretty much the same car. Since we're talking about Cavaliers, GM, and Toyota and badge engineering, it's kind of cool to know that we exported the Cavalier to Japan under the Toyota brand.