Some people said, "I made up my mind to bid $12,000, but I didn't expect that someone would eventually bid $15,000, but it's worth the price"; some people said, "Although there are many good cars to choose from for $15,000, I will still firmly choose this car."

Someone said, "I made up my mind to bid $12,000, but I didn't expect that someone would bid $15,000 in the end, but it's worth the price";

Someone said, "Although there are many good cars to choose from for $15,000, I will still firmly choose this car."

Generally speaking, a used car can get such high ratings. Either it is a classic car with collection value or a well-modified custom vehicle. However, this time it is not the same. It is just an ordinary Toyota family car.

This is a 2003 Toyota Matrix. This car is only launched in North America and is regarded as the sports wagon of the Toyota Corolla , which is probably similar to the BMW 2 Series wagon. The Toyota Matrix only has two generations of models, and there are no new models so far, with a production cycle from 2002 to 2014.

From any perspective, this car is an "unconspicuous" family car and has no potential for modification. For $15,000, you can buy a 2000 Mercedes-Benz SL500 convertible in the United States. You can also choose old models such as Porsche and AMG. However, this car also has a reason to sell for a high price - although the car is 19 years old, its mileage is only 572 kilometers (356 miles).

is right, it's 572 kilometers, so the owner said: "Before selling this car, I decided to replace all kinds of oil and water for it, and found that the gasoline that was refueled 19 years ago has not been used up yet...". It is unprecedented to have a box of oil "run" for 19 years. After seeing the photos of this car, you will find that the owner is telling the truth because the whole car is too new.

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The chassis of the entire car has no stains, and there is even little dust. Even if a new car just opened from a 4S store, it will not have such a clean chassis if it encounters rainy days. Even though the car was very new, there were still some damage. The owner said that one year he drove the car out of the garage to find something, and it happened to blow the trash can onto the car, shaving the left front face.

Toyota Matrix is ​​positioned as a compact family car. It is built on the 9th-generation Toyota Corolla E120 (called Huacang in China at the time) platform, and is 100 mm more high than Corolla. This car was popular among young North American consumers at that time. When it was first launched in 2003, it sold for 14,670, and only low-end models were available. In the later stage, the sports model Toyota Matrix XR/XR S was launched. The highest-end model has an AWD four-wheel drive system, which is priced at up to $19,800. The car sold in

is a low-end version sold in 2003, which is the one that sold for 14,670 US dollars that year. The configuration inside the car is not high, the seats are made of woven fabric, front foldable seats, manual windows, manually adjusted rearview mirrors, pop-up rear windows, air conditioners, and CD players. The only "high-end" configuration is cruise control system .

space is the biggest highlight of this car. After the rear seats are folded down, there is a complete plane, and the entire car has a high utilization space for people and cargo.

engine is a 1.8L 2ZZ-GE inline four- cylinder engine with a rated power of 130 horsepower and 126 lb-ft of torque, and is matched with a four-speed manual transmission.

The car itself may not have high product value. The person who bought it said: "This is more like a time capsule, and you can feel the memories from 19 years ago." Perhaps this memory will be more precious than the car itself.