i aint really concerned with in gear acceleration tbh, if i wanna drive fast i drive fast!!!
and that to me means drop it to 2nd and nail it, i aint bothered if im in 3rd doing 25 and want go fast i still find the fun comes from dropping a cog and nailing it up to 7.5k then changing gear.
sure oil burners are have a lot of torque but they dont have much of a rev range hence in many cases much slower.
Except for the luxury saloon's that BMW, Audi etc have, the newer ranges are becoming very fast indeed.