photographer: Peter S. Linney
With SUV popularity still growing, Performance West Group saw an opportunity to show what is possible in the realm of custom concept vehicles. The base was an already nice Mazda’s ’01 Tribute, which they felt needed just a little massaging. So work began on what Performance West Group said would be a Mono Posto Sport car–inspired all-wheel-drive supercharged version, which would be called the MM. With help from some of today’s top performance companies such as ADR Design, Goodyear, JB Research, Katzkin, Kendall, Kenne Bell, Optima, and Summit, the Tribute was transformed into the 300 all-wheel horsepower Mazda Tribute MM you see here.