Love is bigger than ever.
The family-sized Ascent gives you three rows of flexible seating with your choice of seven- and eight-passenger configurations. There’s no limit to your exploration with the all-weather capability of standard Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive and 8.7 inches of ground clearance. Plus you get the confidence of EyeSight® Driver Assist Technology
Compare all 2026 Ascent trims in a helpful side-by-side chart.
The 2026 Subaru Ascent is a Consumer Reports Recommended Model.
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Reasons to Love Ascent
A Versatile 3-Row Family SUV for Adventure
The 2026 Ascent is the largest Subaru SUV ever, with flexible 3-row seating and premium comfort available in seven-seater or eight-seater configurations. With up to 153.2 cubic feet of passenger space, the Ascent has more room than the Toyota Highlander, Nissan Pathfinder, or Mazda CX-90
. Plus, there’s more third-row leg room than the Toyota Highlander, Kia Telluride, or Hyundai Palisade . Take family adventures to exciting new places with standard Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive and 8.7 inches of ground clearance. The Toyota Highlander, Kia Telluride, Honda Pilot, and Hyundai Palisade can’t match that kind of standard capability . Â
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Reasons to Love Ascent
Advanced SUV Safety for Every Passenger
Get confidence and state-of-the-art safety with features like standard EyeSight® Driver Assist Technology
and the available DriverFocus® Distraction Mitigation System in the Subaru Ascent. A suite of active safety systems like Automatic Emergency Steering , Blind-Spot Detection , Rear Cross-Traffic Alert , and more all keep watch over your family on every drive.
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Reasons to Love Ascent
A Smart Investment
With its seven-seater and eight-seater options and third-row passenger capability, the Ascent is packed with convenient advanced features and built for long-term durability, making it a huge value for big families. The quality of Subaru engineering is one reason why the 2026 Ascent is a Consumer Reports Recommended Model. Consumer Reports also named Subaru the Best Overall Automotive Brand for the second year in a row
. That’s why the Ascent is one of the best three-row SUVs for families.
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Reasons to Love Ascent
A Long-Lasting, Reliable SUV
Every Ascent is built in the USA at our Lafayette, Indiana, facility and engineered for lasting quality and reliability. In fact, Subaru leads the industry in longevity, with 96% of vehicles sold in the last 10 years still on the road today
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The Best Subaru Family SUV
The 2026 Subaru Ascent is the perfect family SUV, built to carry up to 8 passengers in style and with enough storage capacity to carry everything you need for your next road trip. Not only does the Ascent boast 5,000 pounds of towing capacity for all your hauling needs
, it’s also a Consumer Reports Recommended vehicle with excellent crash protection and advanced EyeSight Driver Assist technology to get you there safely. - 3-row SUV seating for up to 8 passengers
- Standard Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive to tackle any weather conditions
- Up to 75.6 cubic feet of cargo space
- 5,000 pounds of towing capacity for all your adventures
- Impressive fuel economy of up to 26/19 hwy/city MPG
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The 2026 Subaru Ascent is a Consumer Reports Recommended Model.
Also, Subaru is Consumer Reports Best Overall Automotive Brand two years in a row.
