Matrix XRS (1st gen)

A practical hatchback made spicy: the same high-revving 2ZZ-GE that Lotus put in the Elise, 180hp at 7,600rpm, six-speed, helical LSD and stiffened everything. A boring-looking car that loves living at the top of the tach.

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