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Article: Master of its trade; HYUNDAI MATRIX
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- The Press
- Article date:
- October 3, 2001
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The Matrix wagon is Hyundai's fourth new model this year and
probably its most impressive, writes DAVE MOORE
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By replacing its Lantra wagon with a vehicle like the Matrix,
Hyundai is banking on broadening its market base with the car,
appealling to fleets on one hand and families on the other.
The relatively high-rise styling profile used for the Matrix
gives it a huge space advantage over the more conventionally shaped
Lantra, with almost as much rear legspace as an Aussie six-cylinder
sedan, plenty of headroom, and enough luggage volume to carry two
full-sized hard shell cases and sundry soft items.
For the fleet buyer, the Matrix would seem to be an elegant
samples container for the ...