Ok Ive never driven any high end cars but I do appreciate cars that handle and steer well. So here's my best and worst.
Best: 2002 Nissan Xterra (Hydraulic Rack and pinion steering, Turning radius wasn't all that great but responsiveness and accuracy of steering input and output was excellent)
1998 Toyota MR2 (early electro hydraulic steering, fun to drive, rented it for a week and had a blast driving it around Seattle)
2011 Nissan Altima (electro hydraulic steering, not as good as the Xterra but not bad, steering wheel is weak returning to center)
Mediocre: 2012 Honda Civic (electrohydraulic steering, geared for a little understeer so handling is adversely affected a bit)
2012 Ford fiesta (true electric assist rack and pinion steering, responsive steering but no engine power)
2012 Subaru Impreza ( not sure what type of steering but not bad on the road, handles a little better than the Fiesta and definately better than the honda.
Worst: 2009 Toyota Corolla With column mounted electronic power steering ( by far and in ways never experienced before the worst pos I have ever had the displeasure of being stuck with, major handling problems, total waste of money, amount of work required to handle the car is absolutely amazing, very tiring to drive)
also Nissan Versa, Nissan Sentra and Hyundai Elantra ( all have column mounted electronic power steering which is usually falsely advertised as power assist electric rack and pinion as Toyota does as well)
My grandmothers 1983 Malibu station wagon with V8 engine and rear wheel drive drove way better than these new cars with column mounted electronic steering, no joke either. Her old Astro Van, which had no engine power at all, drove way better as well. I mean actually more manueverable, believe it or not.
I love good compact and midsize cars that handle well but since the automotive industry has been tinkering with the steering systems in literally all makes and models of cars it has become very difficult to find compact and midsize cars in 2012 that drive and handle well, very difficult.