You're correct Denis, good
You're correct Denis, good points. However, those were pretty obvious fixes to make and considering Subaru was out of the big SUV market for quite some time, they had plenty of time to size up their competition and use Honda, Toyota and Mazda as benchmarks. I just hope they don't rest on their laurels and actually make incremental improvements to the next gen Ascents. Granted, this is the first year of production. However, they should have provided sport mode options like the Forester and exterior styling could have been a tad more attractive. I'm also curious as to why they didn't include their new facial recognition technology - which for the price of the Limited option should have been standard. I'll test drive in the coming year before I draw any conclusions. I've read all the reviews and it's time to get behind the wheel and test drive one myself.