If you want "peppy" take a ride in the V-6 Honda Accord, zero to 60 in
6 seconds.
My decrepit old 2 liter Prelude is pretty peppy for what it is. If you
keep it up in that "V-tec" power band it moves right along. Since that
is over 5k RPM it does make my mechanically minded teeth hurt a little
tho.