No, that wasnt my experience at all. It was a rental car from enterprise, a 2013 Nissan Altima 2.5 SL. I returned it the next day and they gave me an impala.
It was too strange for me watching the tach dip, then climb as you gave it more go petal. The Impala was fun, behaved like a car should, but got 23 mpg. Of course I handed quite a few people their asses at every stop light.