Is The Subaru Ascent ONYX Edition Good Off Road? - TTC Hill Test 

The Ascent Onyx is a hell of a great family vehicle for $40k

Yes!! I definitely wish there was a Subaru Ascent Wilderness!! Subaru, please get on that because I want one! And I’m not the only one. I’ve seen multiple car testers on RU-vid say the Ascent needs the Wilderness package. 😉😊💕

if they sent the demo rigs with decent tires they'd have to be fishing them out of who knows where because people would be able to get themselves into way too much trouble lol and everyone throws away the factory tires anyhow, because, this exact reason. What I found out with our '14 FXT was that since so many people immediately swap out the tires *and* the wheels, I was able to get a factory set of wheels (wife liked the pattern on the original ones, so we got another set) for super cheap and in perfect shape. Now we keep Nokian Hakkapeliitta SUV (has kevlar sidewalls and amazing ice compound) on one set for when it's under 42°F most of the time and some Atturo AZ850 for when it's above 48°F most of the time and they both do fair enough in their crossover zone - the Nokians get super squishy over 70°F so you can tell if you are putting off swapping tires for too long lol but the Atturos actually do pretty good in winter, but can't do ice like the Nokian studless designs do. Subaru is always nice enough to leave you a little room in the wheelwells to clear the lugs of more aggressive skins.

I'm thinking about getting one of these for my wife. That CVT is my only concern.

X mode deep / mud will do it easily

$48k No sir. 👎🏼