Its the same over here when in magazine (Very Rare) the ST is against others car it doesn't win that often! Had the ST against the Polo GTI and Mitsu Colt CRZ and the ST won it just because of the feeling u have while driving the car, the Mitsu was too weird to driving and the Polo not exciting! But over here if you compare any car against a french, the french always win even if there crap!