omnimech, altis's handling is as bad as it can get honestly...i would agree if you said the forte's handling is weaker den a civic..but i doubt it will be worse den an altis..heck even a honda city (dugong version) handles better den a stock altis imho...i have had both hence i'm making this statement from my personal experience

btw, its the dugong idsi vs the 1.8G 2003 that i'm talking about...people say the new honda's suck in handling, but i don't feel so...seems alright to me ...i have only driven the new city a couple of times though...new altis no idea =)