They havent been done any favours by the latest trend to actually care about dynamics. Even the journalistic hacks trying to pass themselves off as motoring enthusiasts in the papers are rating cars on how they actually drive now. It seems the only people that give the Koreans credit are the "Australia's Best" round of awards, which perhaps screw around with things a bit too much by trying to add a weighting to different scores to find a more relevant winner. As such, the cheaper price usually wins over better handling, more responsiveness etc.