| HOME | CAR NEWS | CAR REVIEWS | RACING | AUTOSHOWS | SUBSCRIBE | MARKETPLACE |  |  | We found that the Subaru Tribeca rides smooth and is roomy inside.... | | COPY EDITOR CYNTHIA L. OROSCO: I was impressed with this little ute as I walked up to it in the garage. Nice exterior lines. The Tribeca looks sporty, but it's also roomy inside. In fact, I was quite surprised to see that there are three rows of seats. While I didn't put them to use in my overnight with the ute, they were easy to flip down--quickly--as we loaded our monthly grocery run... |
|  | | All major automakers except Toyota reported double-digit U.S. sales gains in May, as the light-vehicle sales rate hit its highest level since December. Sales rose 19 percent from May 2009, marking the eighth-straight monthly increase, the longest such streak since June 2000, according to...
|  | | Red Bull Racing said Formula One drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber met at the team's factory on Thursday and put their crash during the Turkish Grand Prix behind them. The company's controversial motorsport chief, Helmut Marko, was also at the meeting, along with Christian Horner and...
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|  | | Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner insists that a difference in fuel-mixture settings did not a play a major role in precipitating the collision between his Formula One drivers, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, in Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix.While acknowledging that Webber's engineer asked the...
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