2025 Subaru Ascent
Price Range: $39,995 - $52,050
2025 Subaru Ascent


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Pros
- Pro:High-quality interior materials
- Pro:Generous ground clearance and standard all-wheel drive
- Pro:Excellent outward visibility
- Pro:Strong towing capacity
Cons
- Con:Accelerator pedal is too touchy
- Con:Invasive engine and tire noise
- Con:Not much second-row shoulder room, and third row is tight
What’s new
- Base trim level discontinued
- New Bronze Edition and Onyx Edition Touring trims
- Part of the first Ascent generation introduced for 2019
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2025 Subaru Ascent pricing in Layton, UT
Edmunds suggests you pay
- Premium$39,059for Premium trim
- Onyx Edition PremiumMost Popular$42,725for Onyx Edition Premium trim
- Advertisement$39,995Starting MSRP2025 Subaru AscentSee All TrimsSubaru.comMSRP is subject to change and varies based on availability, trim level, option packages, and retailer-installed accessories. MSRP excludes destination and delivery charges, tax, title, registration, and other fees. Retailer sets actual price. See your retailer for details.
- Limited$46,266for Limited trim
- Limited Bronze Edition$47,329for Limited Bronze Edition trim
- Touring$49,453for Touring trim
- Onyx Edition Touring$50,250for Onyx Edition Touring trim
2025 Subaru Ascent Review
Overview
The 2025 Subaru Ascent is a three-row SUV with seating for seven or eight passengers depending on configuration. It offers standard all-wheel drive and turbocharged four-cylinder power, along with a host of safety and convenience features. For 2025, the Ascent's list of standard features grows due to the discontinuation of the base trim, which leaves the Premium as the new entry-level model. The Ascent made a strong impression when it debuted in 2019, but despite numerous updates over the years, the largest Subaru has been overshadowed by newer, more refined options in the three-row SUV space.
Edmunds spotlight: Award-winning safety
Subaru vehicles have earned a reputation for outstanding safety, and the Ascent is no exception. The 2024 model earned a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the organization's highest honor. Additionally, the 2025 model scores five out of five stars in NHTSA crash safety evaluations. The Ascent's complement of standard and available advanced safety features helped it earn these accolades and makes it one of the safest choices in the category.
Competitors to consider
The Subaru Ascent competes with other three-row midsize SUVs on the market, including the Kia Telluride, Honda Pilot, Mazda CX-90 and Toyota Highlander. Though the Ascent is a strong value proposition, its rivals offer more space, more refined powertrains, more luxurious interiors and arguably better styling.
Which Ascent does Edmunds recommend?
With the discontinuation of the base trim, the Premium model is now the entry point to the Ascent lineup and the strongest value of the bunch. It comes with a long list of standard features, including adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assistance, heated front seats, and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto just to name a few.
Compare 2025 Subaru Ascent trim levels
Helpful trims summary and side-by-side comparison chart
Subaru Ascent models
The 2025 Subaru Ascent is available in six trim levels: Premium, Onyx Edition, Limited, Bronze Edition, Touring and Onyx Edition Touring. All Ascents use a turbocharged 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine (260 horsepower, 277 lb-ft of torque) paired with a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT). All-wheel drive comes standard across the lineup. Feature highlights include:
Premium
Starts you off with:
- 18-inch wheels
- LED headlights
- Heated mirrors
- Seating for seven or eight passengers
- Cloth upholstery
- Power-adjustable driver's seat
- Heated front seats
- Leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift lever
- Three-zone climate control
- 11.6-inch infotainment screen
- Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone compatibility
- Six-speaker sound system
- Four USB ports
- 5,000-pound towing capacity
Standard driver aids include:
- Forward collision mitigation (warns you of an impending collision and applies the brakes in certain scenarios)
- Adaptive cruise control (maintains a driver-set distance between the Ascent and the car in front)
- Lane keeping system (makes minor steering corrections to help keep the vehicle centered in its lane)
- Blind-spot warning with rear cross-traffic warning (alerts you if a vehicle is in your blind spot during a lane change or while reversing)
- Evasive steering assistance (enhances the forward collision mitigation system with steering-based collision avoidance)
- Adaptive headlights (swivel as you turn the steering wheel for better illumination in curves)
- Trailer sway damping (adjusts vehicle brakes to help control trailer movement if a trailer begins to sway)
- Rear seat reminder (alerts you to check the rear seat before exiting the vehicle)
Standard on the Premium's seven-passenger configuration and optional for the eight-passenger are:
- Power liftgate
- Proximity keyless entry and push-button start
- Auto-dimming rearview mirror
- Rear center console
- Rear automatic braking (brakes if sensors detect an imminent collision with an object behind the vehicle)
Onyx Edition
Based on the seven-passenger Premium trim, it adds:
- 20-inch black finish alloy wheels
- Upgraded all-wheel-drive system
- LED foglights
- Power liftgate
- Panoramic sunroof
- Black grille and exterior trim
- Proximity keyless entry and push-button start
- Water-repellent synthetic leather upholstery
- Heated steering wheel
- Auto-dimming rearview mirror
Limited
The Limited combines many, but not all, features from the seven-passenger Premium and Onyx Edition trims and adds:
- 20-inch dark gray alloy wheels
- Leather upholstery
- Driver's seat memory function and additional adjustments
- Power-adjustable front passenger seat
- Synthetic leather dash panel
- Second-row retractable sunshades
- Heated second-row seats
- Upgraded instrument display
- Integrated navigation system
- 14-speaker Harman Kardon audio system
- Intercom system (known as Cabin Connect, it broadcasts the driver's voice through the rear speakers)
- 360-degree surround-view system (uses cameras in all four directions to compose a single image of the car's surroundings)
- Driver attention monitor (issues an alert if sensors determine you are becoming fatigued)
Bronze Edition
This trim is mostly an appearance package for the Limited and includes:
- 20-inch bronze finish alloy wheels
- Bronze exterior accents
- Black exterior mirrors
- Bronze-finish trim badging
- Bronze interior accents
Touring
Comes with all the Limited's standard features and options and adds:
- Power-folding mirrors
- Ambient interior lighting
- 120-volt power outlet
- Ventilated front seats
- Upgraded leather upholstery
- Auto-dimming digital rearview mirror with real-time camera image
- 180-degree forward parking camera
- Automatic wipers
Onyx Edition Touring
Adds Onyx Edition styling elements to the Touring trim, including:
- 20-inch black finish alloy wheels
- Black grille and exterior trim
- Black roof spoiler
- Black interior accents
- Black leather upholstery with silver stitching

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2025 Subaru Ascent

- 7 Colors
- 6 Trims
- 1 Package
- $39,995starting MSRP

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Subaru Ascent Owner Reviews
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The best deal and a great car if you need AWD
5 out of 5 starsHouston, 08/02/2023
2023 Subaru Ascent Limited 4dr SUV AWD (2.4L 4cyl Turbo CVT)
My review will focus mostly on how my impressions differ from the the "expert" review at Edmund. First in terms of size, the Ascent is shorter than most 3-row but it utilizes the space well. It has just the right size for a family of four but I have carried two full size adults, one is >6ft tall, in the third row across town with no complaints. A car that is bigger than the Ascent … will be more difficult to park and drive in tight corner. On paper, Ascent's second row passenger room may be smaller than that in the Highlander — is that why Edmund thinks the second row is small in the Ascent? In reality, the Ascent's second row is roomy and spacious, even for people over 6ft, and the seats are very comfortable. In terms of ride comfort, the Ascent's ride is almost luxury car like, comfortable and quiet. Most reviews I read are consistent with that. The gas peddle on a turbo-charged car can be "touchy" but you should be able to quickly learn to adapt. By reading driving experience from people owning earlier and the 23 models, the throttle responses seem to have improved with the latest model. Once you get used to it, together with a tight turning circle and assist from the AWD system, you would find it fun to drive with lots of power passing on the highway with a full load. While most SUVs offer AWD as an option for at least $2,000, AWD is standard on the Ascent, and Subaru has the best AWD for a main stream car. I am tired of hearing about the Telluride. The reviews should take into consideration the markups they are charging, plus the added cost of the AWD, before comparing it to the Ascent.
Great family car!
5 out of 5 starsTJ , 02/09/2024
2023 Subaru Ascent Limited 4dr SUV AWD (2.4L 4cyl Turbo CVT)
We love our Subaru ascent. we previously owned a 2020 Subaru ascent premium. We moved up into a 2023 limited version. Both cars are terrific family vehicles. We love the fact that it has a great safety rating, the all wheel drive system is wonderful, especially in the hills of West Virginia and during the winter time. It has the third row, which creates lots of extra space for the … family. It has great ground clearance, the engine sits lower in the chassis, so the car has a great low center of gravity with less top roll. So the car handles very well on all sorts of terrain. We love some of the driving features such as the headlights will rotate left and right with the steering wheel a little bit, which gives you great vision at night. The ability to see the car from the top using the camera is a wonderful thing especially when trying to park in tight spaces. The eyesight is a great feature and helping keep you out of a crash situation. With our limited version, we have leather heated seats which are really nice, and I never thought I would enjoy it, but we love the heated steering wheel. We also have premium speakers which the audio sounds really great. There’s many other features about the car that we love, but the overall fact that the car handles great, is very safe, has plenty of space inside, and can go anywhere you need with the all wheel drive system makes it a great car for us.
A+++ Ascent
5 out of 5 starsGravel lake, 07/11/2023
2023 Subaru Ascent Touring 4dr SUV AWD (2.4L 4cyl Turbo CVT)
Handles great very nimble in traffic.
Touring model interior is totally comfortable and well designed.
Technology easy to us.
As a loyal GM owner through the years, The Subaru Ascent does not disappoint with ride comfort pickup. Dealership was fantastic!
Very impressed
5 out of 5 starsElwood, 05/05/2024
2023 Subaru Ascent Limited 4dr SUV AWD (2.4L 4cyl Turbo CVT)
I purchased a used Limited that had only 2600 miles. I test drove pathfinder, Highlander and Pilot and compared interior and exterior dimensions. I found the Subaru had the best combination as it did not feel as bulky as pathfinder or Pilot but the leg and headroom in 2nd and 3rd row were almost identical. I initially had a concern about the turbo 4 and CVT but after 500 miles it is … so smooth that I am shocked how much I like it. In regard to gas mileage I have a light foot but so far in town and rural roads I am getting around 21 mpg which during break in period seems quite good. Also the ride quality is great. My first Subaru and test drive of the Ascent was an afterthought but really glad I gave it a try.
We have a limited number of reviews for the 2025 Subaru Ascent, so we've included reviews for other years of the Ascent since its last redesign.