I drive a Toyota Avalon. It's a pretty big car, but the power gain is pretty major compared to my experience in my previous car (an I4 Camry) and my dad's car (an I4 Honda CRV). Acceleration is far quicker onto the highway. I used to have to floor the pedal to get it up to speed, but in the Avalon I can give a pretty leisurely press of the foot and have it leaping up to 65 well before the ramp ends.
Sure, it's harder to work on, but that's a tradeoff I'm happy to take, especially since Toyotas are generally reliable and cheap to maintain.