I like the nose on the ASX more than the bling of the Outlander. How long that chrome on the front will stay looking good if you drive on dusty roads a lot is an unknown. Sandblasted back to the plastic in short time perhaps?
Despite the look of the Outlander, the nose is quite fragile, hit anything solid and it will just fold up, but that is what modern cars are like, all the strength is in the people cell.
The Outlander of next year will not have any external body feature changes, just a lot of electronic driver aids will be added. I imagine the ASX for MY17 will get the same treatment.