No matter how impractical,
No matter how impractical, Subaru should totally Build a better Brat out of the Ascent. I inherited an '85 Brat as a teenager and that was a great little truck- I don't care what anyone says. I joked with old friends when I got my Ascent, that it was really to cut the back off of and make a BajaBrat.
Subaru - if you are listening, I would totally buy one if you built it.