2003 Pontiac Vibe Gt- Two Suburban Owner Garage-kept on 2040-cars
Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Body Type:Wagon
Engine:1.8L 1795CC l4 GAS DOHC Naturally Aspirated
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:GAS
For Sale By:Private Seller
Exterior Color: Blue
Make: Pontiac
Number of Cylinders: 4
Model: Vibe
Trim: GT Wagon 4-Door
Drive Type: FWD
Mileage: 134,000
Sub Model: GT
If you're interested in this car, you probably already know it's the same car, same mechanicals as the Toyota Matrix S, manufactured in the same Fremont, CA plant.
Two suburban owner, garage-kept Vibe GT with 134K miles.
1.8L 4 cylinder VVTL-i motor with 180 hp, 6-speed manual trans, FWD, (2-wheel drive).
This top-of-the-line GT model is a rare car, as most are the base 130 hp. Later GTs dropped to 164 hp.
The good:
-Clutch replaced 2011, with about 22K miles.
-New tires with about 6K miles.
-Front brakes about 6K miles ago.
-No rust, nice paint.
-No accidents or major body damage ever.
The needs:
-O2 sensor to pass emissions. Passed last year fine, with no other problems.
-Minor dent on rear hatch. Minor dings elsewhere.
-Needs front-left strut, (rattles)
-Fabric Interior has no rips or holes, but needs a good cleaning.
-Rear brakes due soon.
-Trans shifts fine, but 5th gear synchro weak, (still engages)
So, she's not a perfect, showroom car... but very nice indeed and needs minimal work.
An absolute blast to drive and still delivers 28 mpg on the highway!
Many, many more miles left on this rare beast. Don't really want to sell, but new business requires a larger vehicle.
Located in Oak Park, IL. Just west of Chicago.
Email or call for more info.
(708)785-1361
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Fri, 16 Oct 2009Ford buyers appear to love their cars more than customers of any other automotive brand, returning back to the American automaker when it comes time to purchase their next vehicle. According to a study by Experian Automotive, six of the top 10 vehicles for customer brand loyalty wear badges from the Blue Oval. That includes the Ford Fusion (62.4 percent), Ford Edge (57.9 percent), Ford Five Hundred/Taurus (56 percent), Ford Freestyle (51.9 percent), Ford Escape (49.4 percent) and the Ford Focus (47.57 percent).
Other vehicles making up the top 10 include the Toyota Prius (52 percent), Chevy Impala (51.7 percent), Toyota Camry (47.8 percent) and Toyota Corolla (47.56 percent). This brings up an interesting question: With the closing of automotive brands like Saturn and Pontiac, where are those buyers to turn for their next automotive purchase?
Apparently, not back to General Motors. According to Experian, Pontiac owners are most likely to look to the Ford lineup for their next car or truck and Saturn shoppers will switch to Toyota or Honda - not particularly surprising given that Saturn was meant to compete with import brands. Experian predicts that GM's overall market share will fall from 20 percent to about 17.5 percent, with most of the slack being picked up by Ford, Honda and Toyota.
Airbag recall adds 85k Pontiac Vibes to tally
Fri, 13 Jun 2014The repairs needed for the faulty airbag inflators supplied by Takata continue to expand. Toyota initially announced a recall of 766,300 vehicles equipped with the bad part on June 11 as a followup to a campaign from 2013. Soon after, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a preliminary evaluation into five automakers who also used the component in their models. Now, NHTSA has released the official announcement of the latest Toyota recall listing 844,277 affected cars, including the newly added 2003-2004 Pontiac Vibe.
While NHTSA's document didn't include a model-by-model breakdown, General Motors spokesperson Alan Adler estimated to Autoblog that roughly 85,000 Vibes in the US would be covered under the latest recall. Like the rest of the affected models, the airbag inflator could rupture in a crash causing the bag not to work correctly, possibly spraying metal fragments at the occupant.
Toyota spokesperson Cindy Knight told Autoblog that the reason for the disparity between the earlier press release and NHTSA document was that Toyota was continuing to comb through VINs to create a list of affected vehicles. The original number was an estimate of that process at the time. Scroll down to the recall report from NHTSA.
David Hasselhoff's own KITT replica up for auction
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This recreation is based on a 1986 Firebird and comes with all of the tech on the inside that now seems hilariously outdated, like the yoke steering wheel and plethora of buttons. The interior also thoughtfully includes a voice box with over 4,000 sound clips from the show. With a 5.0-liter V8 and an automatic transmission, performance is likely adequate and period correct. According to the listing, this car was created by fans and given to the Hoff. Sadly, the replica doesn't convert to Super Pursuit Mode like KITT could in later seasons, and we most associate KITT with conventional front-hinged doors to go with the power t-tops and ejector seats.
Bidding currently sits $27,500 with eight bids, since starting at $15,000. Julien's predicts it will sell for between $30,000 and $50,000. If there is some nostalgia for KITT in your heart, there is still plenty of time to bid.