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While you wouldn't tackle a serious and sustained outback challenge in the Tribute, its lockable 4WD system gives it the edge over those competitors best left in the city. It'll be causing some sleepless nights at Honda and Hyundai
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A potentially great package marred only by cheap interior bits, cost-cutting drum brakes and an overly aggressive approach to ride and steering calibration
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Mazda's Tribute appears to have the right ingredients to take on the established players in the soft-road market. Its combination of smooth V6 power and with more useable space than the CR-V, Forester or RAV4, the Tribute has lots of appeal
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