It seems as though you…
It seems as though you prefer the Impreza which is fine. You have your preference, and they have their process, and came to a different conclusion. I would expect a car that costs a little more should tip it a little higher as far as the scores go, which makes sense and seems pretty standard across the auto industry at least in principle (doesn’t always work out that way obviously)
At the end of the day, as long as you’re happy with what you like, who cares what anyone else, including reviewers think. As they said it’s close, and it is basically just a beefed up Impreza.
Happy New Year, May it be your best one yet :)