Slickvic Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Marketing disaster? Are you kidding? OK snoman, I concede. I should have said "I personally thought it was a marketing disaster" because I hate the commercial. I was attempting to make a humorous response to rao's earlier post. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSiWRX Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Tribecas are definitely popping up all over the place here in NE-Ohio. I think I've seen more of them, lately, than I've seen of all variants of the 05+ Legacy, combined! <-- I love Winky, my "periwinkle" (ABP) LGT! - Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges '16 Outback, '16 WRX, 7th Subaru Family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraysonSubaru Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 We have been selling Tribeca's very well. Our first two shipments (13 total) were gone in about 9 days. We have probably 10 on the ground now, but most of them have come in here in the last 4 days or so. Subaru customers love them and the dust in the wind commercial has brought a ton of customers in to see what it was like in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraysonSubaru Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 If I didn't rush to buy the last "white on black" LGT made before the 2006 color changes and had a little more disposable income right now, I would definitely have bought a Spec B. It has everything I want in the Legacy. Navigation is a must. Manual trans in a must. Stiffer suspension is a must. Summer tires is a must. The sweet red interior is a bonus. In my opinion, these upgrades are worth the extra $5k. Not everyone wants a pure sports car... that's what the Impreza STi is for. If you expect pure performance AND the current Spec B's luxury features, it would certainly cost more than $34k. +1 well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rao Posted October 19, 2005 Author Share Posted October 19, 2005 http://vocuspr.vocus.com/vocuspr30/publish/82/vcsPRAsset_82_98748_a23152f6-9d2e-41d9-9082-ad0408ce2b7c_0_Subaru_September__2005_Sales_for_Web.doc If that is success I would hate to see failure...... Rob IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CAR YOU SHOULD NEVER DRIVE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraysonSubaru Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I guess they feel that if they are up in sales %, especially with everything that has happened in the past few month, they feel a little better than some of the other guys that have sales numbers below what they projected and against what they did this time last year. i would not call it success, more like treading water without being dunked like some of the other guys have been through the past 45 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdisco Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 teh spec b or sti tribeca is in the works Wife would buy that. Non STi-Becca was a little guttless compaired to her MDX. Why can't Legacy have brakes like the TriB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraysonSubaru Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Twin turbo tribeca would be something to see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoldonSubie Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Twin turbo tribeca would be something to see + 1. Or an an MT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraysonSubaru Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I also think other than maybe a little more HP and the big brembo brakes, the Spec be should have had the STI 6 speed in it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndas Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Lots of Tribecca's on the streets up herer on the West Coast of Canada...Vancouver to be specific...hmm...must be the weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slickvic Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Why can't Legacy have brakes like the TriB? I'm sure you could get that improvement by simply changing to an aftermarket brake pad. The brakes themselves are good and we have decent sized rotors. We just seem to be victims of "Silk and paper mache" brake pads that dont bite very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdisco Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 I'm sure you could get that improvement by simply changing to an aftermarket brake pad. I was impressed with the TriB’s brakes (almost Porsche like) why couldn’t the LGT get these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraysonSubaru Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 would the wheels on the spec b (or nearly any other 18inch) clear the STI brembo's if there were installed? hmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovied Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 Lots of Trib's on the road here in the DC metro area. We sold like 40 of them last month here at the dealership i work at... As far as the Spec B someone posted it doesnt feel like a $35k car, I drove mine home last night and I think it does... Once you sit in it and enjoy all that the car has to offer it feels like it, I have to admit I was going to buy a regular Legacy Gt but once I sat and drove it- I was hooked. Performance wise I dont think any Legacy Gt is fast but they are peppy and are very responsive to the driver. All in all i think with a few donated parts from some companies my Spec b will exactley what i want. ______________ tHe HoV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rao Posted October 25, 2005 Author Share Posted October 25, 2005 A week later and they still have 2 Spec B's , but they are down to 33 Tribeca's (oops, that's B9 Tribeca's). So if they sold 0 in a little over a week, that's how many for a year Rob IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CAR YOU SHOULD NEVER DRIVE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraysonSubaru Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 I am still wondering why they kept the B9 part in the name. Subaru originally told us they would drop the B9 part for production vehicles. Does anyone actually call it the B9 tribeca? we still have our Spec B (on ebay with a $36,500 reserve), but I think a local may buy it and trade his 2005 LGT that he bought when they first came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoldonSubie Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 http://vocuspr.vocus.com/vocuspr30/publish/82/vcsPRAsset_82_98748_a23152f6-9d2e-41d9-9082-ad0408ce2b7c_0_Subaru_September__2005_Sales_for_Web.doc If that is success I would hate to see failure...... If I am reading that the right way the Tribecca out sold Legacy sedans (1,867 to 681) and Legacy wagons, net of Outbacks, (1,867 to 1,859). I know its only 8 vehicles but... So, they sell just as many b9 Tribecca's as they do Legacy sedans and 3 b9's for every non-outback Legacy wagon sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny_m Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Be careful when comparing the Tribeca to the Legacy Sedan. You are comparing one model (Legacy Sedan) to both of the Tribeca models (5 passenger, 7 passenger). But I think it is cool that the Tribecas are selling (better than at least the Baja), none the less. This is just a WAG but I think SOA was forced to keep the combined name. They named it 00X originally. Tribeca got kicked around and the auto journalists got to know it as that. Then they mentioned B9X which made a lot of people confused (execpt people who knew about the "B" nomenclature in Japan). Add to it that it sounds close to something Saab would offer as a name. I guess in the long run, Marketing figured that it would be best to keep it as a combined name because you certainly don't want to lose people when you're trying to come out of the gate with a lot of thud factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerGT2.5 Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 They had about a million Tribecas; how long before it is officially declared a disaster??? Baja is still around isn't it. OBAMA......One Big Ass Mistake America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon in CT Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 http://vocuspr.vocus.com/vocuspr30/publish/82/vcsPRAsset_82_98748_a23152f6-9d2e-41d9-9082-ad0408ce2b7c_0_Subaru_September__2005_Sales_for_Web.doc If that is success I would hate to see failure......Tribeca sales last month were likely more than double those of the Legacy wagon. Recently I read a car review in the NY Times which stated that the Legacy sedan represented 2/3 of Legacy sales while the Outback sedan accounted for just 5% of Outback sales. If I apply those ratios to last month's sales numbers, I get: _____________Sedan_____Wagon________Total Legacy________1693________847________2540 Outback________212_______4026________4238 Estimate_______1905_______4873 Actual_________1859_______4919________6778 I think the estimate, within 46 cars of the actual, indicates those proportions mentioned above are still generally true. I think Subaru is making far more money from those +$30K Tribecas than it is from the cheaper Legacy wagon. BTW, why is the function disabled here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinSoD Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 We have been selling Tribeca's very well. Our first two shipments (13 total) were gone in about 9 days. We have probably 10 on the ground now, but most of them have come in here in the last 4 days or so. Subaru customers love them and the dust in the wind commercial has brought a ton of customers in to see what it was like in person. Same here at Subaru of Dallas. Tribeca's are really taking off. And that commercial is largely responsible for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraysonSubaru Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Baja is still around isn't it. just until the 2006 model year is done. there is no 2007 Baja. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wukindada Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Interior is much better in person...quality of leather seems to be a higher grade;) Toyota 6EATS .........SUCK!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubiedoobiedoo Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Still, the BIG problem for me is engine choice, transmission choice and biggest of all, no curtain airbag for the third row... it's partly because there is no window in the 3rd row passengers' line of impact. all the pillar materials exposed are soft, impact safe. there is also re-enforced steel throughout the D pillars. Tribeca recently received Quadruple 5 Star crash tests from the government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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