No choice. Almost all sub 200HP petrol cars uses CVT just to pass new fuel economy rating and CO2 rating. If CO2 is to be 0% that means petrol cars of any kind are gone. The only reason why CVT is not used on cars above 200HP is reliability.

If you look at all the subaru models you posted, all the base egines is under 200HP. It is not about the brand. Once it breaches 200HP a full AT or MT transmission is used. It is just mechanical limitation of a design.

So you would need a tractor sized one to work right?

If only Subaru uses it, kind of sus isn't it? You can argue that no other car manufacture has 200HP engines that are not marketed as performance versions. The weird thing is Subaru isn't selling a lot of these anyway. And the new BRZ is not even equipped with CVT as option. You can say Toyota doesn't want it. And almost no European cars are flaunting CVT transmission anyways. Only the Japanese are using it to meet emission standards. So it is a weird place for Subaru. As weird as their design choice for their performance version cars anyway.