Subaru Tribeca: New Look, More Grunt

Motoring Channel Staff - 12/October/2007

Sydney, Australia — Subaru has promised to start shipments of its highly acclaimed Tribeca medium SUV by year's end. Building on the reputation of its WRC-based Impreza, the company will launch the Tribeca with its biggest ever, 3.6 litre, 6-cylinder boxer engine in the standard AWD Subaru layout.

As Nick Senior, Managing Director, Subaru Australia, notes, this marks the start of a major revamp of the entire Subaru range, starting with the Tribeca. "We recently started on the greatest ever change in our product line-up. In two years time, our entire range will have been completely renewed," he says.

The Tribeca will come with the latest 2008 model updates, including:

•     Subaru’s largest ever engine, a 3.6 litre, six-cylinder boxer

•     Re-mapped SPORTSHIFT five-speed automatic transmission

•     Revised rear suspension

•     Revised access mechanism on second row seats 

•     Contemporary styling for the nose

•     Improved tailgate and rear quarter panel design

Subaru also showcased its Impreza World Rally Car (WRC) concept, based on the recently launched new generation Impreza, and due to be driven next season by Australia’s Chris Atkinson. The WRC concept provides some clues to the styling of the new Impreza WRX STI, due on sale in Australia in the first quarter of next year.

"As already demonstrated by new Impreza, there will be a common theme in each of our offerings: advanced driving technology, five-star safety, value-for-money, style and premium Japanese build quality," says Senior.