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Torque by itself is meaningless.
A vehicle that has 300 ft-lbs of torque will always be quick... ish... but a vehicle that has 300 ft-lbs of torque at 2000 rpm is never going to be as quick past the first 30 km/h as one that makes 300 ft-lbs at 4000 rpm. Why? Because the car making 300 at 2000 is only making 114 hp, while the car making 300 at 4000 is making 228 hp... at 4000 rpm... and is most likely making 300 horsepower at 6000, whereas the car making 300 at 2000 is usually making 150-ish horsepower at 3500 rpm.
Torque is useful... but again, taking into account only peak torque or peak horsepower is very misleading.
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