Six Star Magazine Six Star Magazine Winter 2011/2012 | Page 32

TRIBECA

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SELECTED FEATURES:
aspirated SUBARU BOXER
engine
transmission with manual mode

2012 SUBARU TRIBECA:
MORE VERSATILITY, MORE LUXURY,
MORE FAMILY GETAWAYS

All-Wheel Drive
For those who take their family adventures

Available luxury amenities include a
navigation system, rear-view camera,

SUV with an edge on the competition.

premium audio system with Harman Kardon®

This progressive, mid-size SUV offers

speakers and amplifier, Bluetooth®

plenty of interior space — enough for up

hands-free connectivity, power front seats

to 7 passengers and all kinds of cargo-

(with memory settings for the driver), and

carrying capacity — without all the

40/20/40-split flat-folding
second-row and 50/50-split
flat-folding third-row seats

seriously, the 2012 Subaru Tribeca is the

a rear-seat cooling “air“ unit.

cumbersome trappings. In other words, the

speaker system and
385-watt amplifier

To help ensure every excursion is a safe

Tribeca drives like a much smaller vehicle,
but is big in terms of appeal — for driver and

and passive safety systems as standard

passengers alike.

leather seating surfaces

one, the Tribeca also features many active
equipment, including Vehicle Dynamics

Under the hood, the Tribeca features

Control, large ventilated front and rear disc

the largest engine in the Subaru fleet, a

brakes, six airbags, and anti-whiplash head

3.6-litre 6-cylinder SUBARU BOXER, linked

restraints and three-point seatbelts for

to a 5-speed automatic transmission and, of

all passengers.

course, Subaru symmetrical full-time AWD.

Like all Subaru vehicles, the Tribeca is

To complete the performance picture, this

designed to mitigate the potential harm from

SUV boasts an independent suspension

front-end collisions by having the engine

system that is tuned for both ride quality and

slip under the passenger compartment upon

superb handling.

impact. These measures have enabled this

For all its marvelous mechanical features,
the Tribeca is perhaps still better known for
its luxurious, spacious and relaxing passenger

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