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.July 28, 2004
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This Week:

• Extensive Facelift for the Mazda Tribute

• Four Wheels Go Six Feet Under as Two American Families Bury Their Vehicles in Front Yards

• GM Breaks Ground For $385 Million Engineering Centralization Business Unit

• Go-ahead for the BMW Group Scientific Award 2005

• In-car cinema in the Volkswagen Touran

• Toyota's New Corporate Advertising Campaign Highlights U.S. Job Creation

• DaimlerChrysler Posts Record Sales of 22,200 Passenger Cars in China in First Half of 2004

• Nissan Unveils Business Strategy For Thai Operations

• The Year Of The Car And More In 2005

• New Innovations In Manufacturing Will Further Improve GM's Quality

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Extensive Facelift for the Mazda Tribute

• Mazda Tribute now with two new engines

• Improvements to exterior and interior

• More standard safety

Sporty and elegant design accents

Besides the new engines, the new Mazda Tribute exterior now features new front and rear bumper designs, as well as new front headlamps and taillights. These features, combined with new body-colour side mirrors and grille, give the face lifted Tribute an even more car-like elegance. For a sporty touch, there are new standard 16-inch alloy wheels and boldly contoured wheel-arch mouldings. On the inside, there is a newly designed centre console, and the gear shift for the automatic transmission has been moved from the steering column to the floor.

More Standard Safety

Photos: Mazda

Always a safe vehicle, the new Tribute has features to make it even safer than before. Dual-stage front airbags for both driver and front passenger, as well as curtain airbags, are now standard; along with head rests and three-point seatbelts at all three seats in the back. Discs brakes at all four wheels, and ABS with electronic brake-force distribution, are now standard on all models as well.

Superior AWD System

The new Tribute now comes with all-wheel drive (AWD) standard on all models regardless of engine or grade that features Active Torque Control Coupling, or ATTC. This system monitors wheel speed and gas pedal position to send torque, via an electromagnetic coupling, automatically to the rear wheels when it is needed. The new Mazda Tribute's ATTC system reacts especially quickly to changing conditions and helps improve traction on slippery surfaces.

(July 26, 2004)