You have to remember most cars arent made for the "tuner" crowd they are made to reach out to as many different types of people as possible. All the complaints listed in the OP,can be annoying to a person just looking for a regular car to drive. Older turbo cars wouldnt really have alot of these symptoms.

i saw a 40-50 year old lady in a solstice GXP, burnin the clutch up and vroooooom psh vrooooom psh from stop light to stop light...

But, they arent all bad performance wise, but i really dont see the point of a turbo charged motor in a base model car for anything. So i guess i kind of agree, with the editors...lol. When i see or hear of a factory turbo car, first thing i think about reliabilty, and the headaches with repair when something breaks..and the added PITA from the FI setup. There has only been a few cars that have been really built for the FI that comes with it in the past..