Originally posted by Biro I can tell you personally that the handling was fine - even excellent for an economy car of the day, along the lines of a Honda Civic or Volkswagen Rabbit.
And now I question your judgement - there is no chance in h.e. double hockey sticks that an Omni comes anywhere near a Rabbit in handling. Heck, VW was doing things so much better at the time that Chrysler bought 1.7 liter Rabbit engines to put in the Omni, only they couldn't deal with the fuel injection, so they put puny carbs on them.
There is a reason that the original Rabbit is still a popular autocross car today. I don't remember the last time I saw an Omni, outside of the junkyard.