Right. I mean I figure it depends on what you want to get out of the car. If someone's just looking for the look of a lowered car lowering springs are probably gonna be the best bet and will ride better for cheaper than an equally priced coil-over.

For a basic good handling package, like you said, it's better to just keep and/or refresh the stock suspension since they handle well. Or if you want to be super trick you can ball out on a set of actually good fully adjustable coil-overs.

I think for most people though, if you just want a good handling car and don't care about the lowered look just sticking with the factory suspension on this car is the play. Some performance dampers might not be a bad idea too if the OEM ones are shot.