Comments on: Subaru Tribeca Sydney Motor Show

By: Tonyn

Tonyn — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:57:04 +0000

this car is still super ugly….. what are subaru thinking at this point!!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:56:41 +0000

Wow, it looks like a normal vehicle again instead of an Edsel.

By: JW

JW — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:56:29 +0000

Still not going to win beauty pageants, and I saw this vehicle online like half a year ago at some US auto show.

Chrysler inspired grille is stupid, but clearly an overall improvement.

By: David

David — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:12:18 +0000

Hi
I actually want to buy one of these – as a Lease update to my 2004 Toyota Kluger – since I saw the revised model on the road in the US last July. However I am really not impressed with Subaru Aust and the way they have played dumb about this vehicles existance. The Price is a real problem here I suspect. Even though the Aust. $ dollar is at record levels against the Yen and the US – up 20% in 12 months – Subaru are talking a price rise: The vehicle is – [base model] $30,000 in the US or $33,700 Aus.
NOT $54,000 Aus. plus another $1500 price rise – as I’m being told here.
That puts the luxery model in the mid $65 thou+ – Subaru need to balance it against the competition
New 3.5 Kluger 4 x 4 – base $45,000
New Mazda CX7 4 X 4 – base $39,000
Otherwise I,m buying a Lexus RX 350 Sport for $75,000 less a decent discount and a 4 3/4 % lease

By: woz

woz — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:39:06 +0000

Not much improvement, we are still scarred by the last tribeca face and body, I couldn’t find a big enough paper bag to helps it’s misery, so now i literally just pull my eye’s out, much less pain that way..

By: Liam

Liam — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:01:30 +0000

Much better, it’s a commanding presence with the new face and the interior is pretty swish in person.

But jeez that’s a lot of metal for the H6 engine to carry. Me thinks too much.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:01:04 +0000

yeah their sales have been pretty bad, around 150 a month thus far

By: Toyota Paul

Toyota Paul — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:52:28 +0000

The old ones should have had bad retail value… dont seen many of them around, didnt even see one at the dealership when I went their. No faith in that fugly product.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:43:37 +0000

Thats much more like it! I like the styling, its not perfect but a lot better. The 3.6L flat 6 engine will be the best part I reckon, the biggest engine Subaru’s ever used. I’m just hoping Subaru America (who designed and built the tribeca) go ahead and make a performance version of the 3.6L boxer.

Also I doubt the old ones will have bad resale value. Subaru’s have bulletproof resale values, better performing than toyota, and even the bug eyed imprezas that no one like have resale values no lower than the pre MY01 models and the post MY03 models.

By: Boggy

Boggy — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:46:25 +0000

Yes rumor has it the previous design team had influence from Alfa Romeo !! mixed with Japanese flavour = Disaster. What about the resale plummet of the ugly one for the current owners… nice one