Requirement for bigger brakes, beefier driveline components, and turbo plumbing (therefore increasing weight, therefore further increasing the need for bigger brakes etc.); engineering costs of a turbo system just for this car (the Ascent turbo is mounted under the engine block, much like the WRX turbo is mounted…

Perhaps Toyota is the one that will bring balance to the force.

It’s not, though. It would be the ugliest car in Kia’s lineup by a fair margin.

People still post this comment every time an article about this game comes up? 

LOTS of people play this game. It’s worth billions.

On the other hand, think how awesome it would be if you had a gas pump at your house. 

I personally wont buy it unless it has 371 miles.... 

Haha you’re going to quibble over 30 miles? I’m sure it has nothing to do with the $88,000 price tag.

Doesn’t that depend on weight though?

300 hp? Jesus Christ. Why?

Then just create an abbreviated “Enthusiast Lineup” for the rest of us. Which doesn’t include that infernal CVT.

IMO as an Outback owner, they need to make it look/feel more like a wagon and less like a crossover. The first three generations were distinctly wagon, but the line became fuzzier with the fourth gen, and that for me is when they stopped being cool. I’d love to see a manual paired with that turbo motor as well, but…

It’s not supposed to be cool. Cool things are either impractical or gimmicky based on current trends.

Mom, is that you?

There are approaching 6,000 pedestrian fatalities a year in the US alone. Do you not think there should be efforts to reduce that number?

I would posit that most people in the northeast don’t really need AWD and don’t appreciate the nuances in different applications. It’s just having those letters on the trunk that makes people feel safer.

No fucking way.

Aside from the short amount of time that was available to make and execute decisions, look at the dust on the windows — it might have been a project car that wasn’t running.