very hard to compare as the ignis was on coilovers and the starlet on springs. and its been such a long time since i drove a starlet NA :/ brother-in-law has a forged glanza which was on cusco coilovers for a while and it handled like it was on rails.      The ignis felt like a go kart when hooning it around the B-roads ( all within the law ) yet a nice daily driver, 2years ownership, 94k miles and the only issue I had was tires!       The starlet handled great on springs and with some further suspension mods would have been brilliant, i had that 2years brought on 110K sold at 128K had new clutch, injectors, alternator, 3temp sensors      But you know what.... I miss that car everyday  there is just something about owning a starlet, Glanza or GT once you have had one you will always end up going back      BUY A STARLET!!! and when your in the right insurnance age bracket  you can turbo it ;)      James