Part of the problem is for…
Part of the problem is for the last two years Subaru has mistakenly published on their website that the Ascent has the same cargo capacity as the Outback. To make matters worse, every magazine and online review pulls that data from Subaru’s website and tells the world the Ascent only has 75.6 cu ft instead of the actual 86.5, so many buyers never even look because they think the Ascent is smaller than it really is. This error has been reported to Subaru many times, but the misinformation on their website continues.