Illustrator CC is not importing AutoCAD DWG file layers correctly

In CS6, I could import (open) DWG files and it would correctly categorize the input objects into separate layers. In CC, it is putting them into a group in a single layer, which is a big usability regression. Is there a fix for this?

Hi,
In attachment I have included two dwg files, both were made in autocad 2014, one saved to autocad version 2007 and one to version 2010.
link to the files (link active for 7 days): http://we.tl/idgHIsqNgk
I have opened both in illustrator CC and saved them. Some objects in the Illustrator CC file are on different layers then in the the original autocad file.
I have opened the same testfile (2007) in illustrator CS6. (file testfile_2007_opened_in_AI_CS6). AI CS6 correctly imports the dwg file.
The same results are achieved with prior file versions of autocad and with the dxf file format.
Also the same results are achieved on different computers (all are windows 7 pro 64bit/autocad 2014-english)
Software configuration:
Windows 7 64-bit professional SP1 – English
Autocad 2014 : Autocad architecture SP1 version l.108.0.0 – English
Illustrator CC : illustrator CC (64-bit) version 17.1.0 - english

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