Slight OT regarding “capable wagons” on my company car list a few years ago was an WRX S204 (?) 2005 variant with the uprated engine. With a 400 mile weekly commute along the M4 it really was a heart and minds battle. But the likelihood of keeping it a 70 mph and a clean licence and parking it in the directors car park made me go Merc. Some days I think back much like when my wife wanted a Golf rather than an Integrale
Seriously, the WRX was on the table, but you took the Merc ??
You must have the same regrets I’ve alwats had for ‘cleverly’ missing the opportunity to take a Forester when they were last on the scheme back in 2014