Modern sport compacts have faster acceleration and better handling, but the performance figures for the Storm were quite respectable for an economical compact car from that era. "Autoweek"'s 1990 review of the Storm was titled "Slick, Quick And Inexpensive", and described the car as "a good performer" that "handles better than the average new car." When "Road & Track" compared ten sport compact cars they said the Storm had "the highest skidpad rating (0.85 "g"), sticks like pine tar to the autocross course, is second-quickest through the slalom and stops shorter from than many highly respected sports cars".