Yeah, I didn't buy it for its speed. I bought it cause it was on the cheaper side and supposedly the highest mpg of the models. That second part turned out to be false. It doesn't get great mileage. My 18 Legacy Sport gets about the same or better.Totally agree. The 2.0 is not going to set any speed records, but this car is my work/commute car seeing about 80+ miles 5x a week of rural 2 lane roads. So for open rural driving it gets the job done, just not as fast as some.