As if seeing a Hyundai Tucson with a manual gearbox wasn’t enough, Anol Alias has served up a bigger shocker from the JPJ car park. Yes, it’s a facelift-model Subaru Tribeca! Is Motor Image really considering this for the Malaysian market?
It appears that this Satin White Pearl car, having left the factory gates at Lafayette, Indiana in the US, got on a boat at Baltimore, Maryland before arriving in Singapore, as a sheet attached to the rear window reveals. The same sheet says it’s a 2014 car – whether that’s production year or model year is not stated.
Considering production of the unloved SUV was reported to have ended at the beginning of this year (although it’s still on sale in the US), the Tribeca’s appearance here in Malaysia is even more of a mystery. Just look at that colour-coded bodykit and concave-convex interior!
The Subaru Tribeca started life in 2005 as a Legacy-based SUV. The original model had that controversial triangular grille (said to resemble a jet intake) that was also used on the 2005-2007 Impreza, and R1 and R2 kei cars.
The facelift you see here came in 2008, and along with it a 260 PS 3.6 litre flat-six to replace the original model’s 245 PS 3.0 litre flat-six. The engine drives all four wheels through a five-speed auto. A more lux alternative to the Forester, anyone? It won’t be very cheap to begin with, and now that they’re planning to locally assemble the Forester…
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Make in US? boycott!!
boycott barangan amerika yahudi!
Grow up. Not all jews are bad. Some of them are prophets companion. Some of them are moslem in US. Ada blajar kah?
I think he’s being sarcastic lol
-ya lorr.. his being sarcastic hehe..
Moron. If not for the jews, a lot of modern medicines and technology we use today won’t be around.
The jews don’t go around strapped with bomb or filled with vengeance killing each other in the name of god.
the only reason the middle east is stable is because of small jewish state there or the other contries would have invaded and destroyed each other.
the arabic countries and others with similar religious beliefs speak so much about the plight and mistreatment of the palestines but tgey themselves treat the palestines like pariahs. I have been and worked in a few palestine refugee camps.
this car looks like a 10 years old car. outdated design
This one looks like the previous santa fe…the original styling is waaayyyy better than this bland outlook…no wonder it has ceased production…so the big question is whats its doing here…to ferry obama…bullet proof maybe…or bcoz nobody cares to give a second glance….
leftover throw to us
Subaru’s boxer engine is reliable, but the design is soo outdated. Dont know how to describe…
Could it be for private use?
err.. looks uglier than any China design SUV.
This model is now in run-out phase in Australia :S
the previous B9 Tribeca was really acquired taste to say the least, but compare with today’s Subarus, I would say at least those days Subaru still had the guts to try out something new. Now it seems to be plain vanilla and bland like plain water to me, in terms of exterior and interior design.
Usually in US cars terminology, a 2014 car means a 2013 car (pls correct me if im wrong). Dont ask why, its the way they call them. So a Subaru sold in 2014, will be called a 2015 Subaru.
Anyways, back to the car. The interior is so swoopy & sexy and totally unlike any other Subarus which are spartan and more function over form. So thats a nice touch. Exterior is not bad honestly. It is a Subaru after all.
Hmm, can compete against the MY14 Santa Fe, but only segment wise, not price wise :x
Dont bother about this car, aint gonna make a huge difference whether launched or not in Malaysia. Nobody is gonna buy it for goodness sake!
3600cc car with tax is mad price….maybe same price with 5 new honda city….roadtax almost rm2k peryear…these car would sellable with 2000cc or 2500cc….
bring in 2015 new Legacy, Outback, and Levorg, then you have a game changer.
They cant sell it in the us they want to sell it here? haha no
hmm that front grille reminds me of chrysler 350c…ugly!!
!! design soooo outdated !! can’t believe my eyes.