Vehicle Overview
The Mazda Tribute, a sibling to the Mercury Mariner and Ford Escape, got a significant exterior and interior face-lift for 2008. For 2009, Mazda makes a slew of mechanical changes that could improve performance and efficiency. New inline-four-cylinder and V-6 engines are available in the Sport, Touring and Grand Touring trim levels; a hybrid model is listed elsewhere in the Cars.com Research section. The Tribute seats five, and its competitors include the Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V and Saturn Vue.
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Push-Starting
Do not push-start your Mazda.
NOTE:
You can't start a vehicle with an automatic
transaxle by pushing it. ...
Exterior
The CX-9 manages to avoid the chunkiness of many SUVs, in part because of its
angular nose and carlike grille. The crossover's shoulder line rises as it heads
rearward, and the sides are free of c ...


