2019 Subaru Ascent: First Impressions — Cars.com

hey I’ll you suburban nights with your white picket fences if you think Subarureally mailed it in with its last family SUV effort the Tribeca well I Got Newsfor you Subaru is back with a new vehicle thatsays is a truly large vehicle designed for the American family it’s called theascent now Subaru already previewed the ascent with an assent concept vehiclethat came out at the last round of auto shows this looks pretty similar here yousee this giant grill it spreads across the nose here comes fairly far down thebumper a pretty clean bumper setup here overall reminds us of kind of a largerversion of the outback or the Forester Subarus smaller SUV ground clearancehere on the ascent is eight point seven inches that’s about as much as it is onthe outback and that’s despite this being considerably longer nose to tailabout seven inches longer than the outback right and how bumper-to-bumperabout five inches longer than the old Tribeca you come around the back here acouple features I’ll point out first off check this out if you get a towingpackage the actual trailer hitch here sits underneath a removable panel itkind of keeps a cleaner design here similar to what you get on some luxurySUVs up here there’s an additional camera and that’s for the available rearview mirror system it’s a smart rear view camera a rear view mirror systemwe’ve seen on a few other vehicles it actually shows what’s behind you -whatever you might have in the second and third rows it actually sitsunderneath where the wiper can swipe with the wiper washer so Subaru says ifit gets dirty you can actually get it clean not to be confused with the backof camera which actually sits down there pretty straightforward interior herewith the dashboard that kind of waterfalls down here toward the centerconsole not a ton of storage space as big three row family SUVs should go butyou do get some ease a little tray ahead of here and you can maybe throw somethings in this little shelf right here overall materials at this car at theAuto Show of course subject to change they seem pretty good there’s a lot ofkind of convincing three-dimensional stitching on certain areas of thedashboard it stays consistent as you get to the second row Subaru didn’t cheapout there lots of family-friendly features here an eight-inch touchscreenhere in this car at the Auto Show apple carplay Android auto there’s 19cupholders and up to 8 USB ports plus a 120 volt household outlet so no oneshould really be lacking for power now the second row comeseither as a three seat bench or two separate captain’s chairs if you get thebench it extends maximum seating capacity in the ascent all the way up toeight people I’m six feet tall that’s where I would sit to drive and I havedecent room right here with the seat all the way backwards even with it all theway forwards it’s okay now another editor who’s taller than six feet he andI actually worked out a pretty good compromise between the second row andthe third row it’s not terribly roomy back there but it’s certainly workablefor adults on short trips that’s about as good as it gets in a 3-row crossoverSUV and a first for subaru eyesight will be a standard feature not optional onthe new ascent that includes things like forward collision warning automaticemergency braking adaptive cruise control a lot more safety features therestandard a turbocharged 4-cylinder puts out about 260 horsepower soon who saysit’s good for as much as 5,000 pounds of towing capacity that’s very competitivewith other three row SUVs expect a lot more including our driving impressionsand full pricing which Subaru promises will start in the low $30,000 range oncethe new ascent goes on sale in the summer of 2018you

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