Technofreak:

 

That would depend on what you were driving before hand when you talk about an underpowered engine. The zippiness is generally limited by tyre performance. On the cars I've owned it's been traction not power that's limited zippiness.

 

Tyres have very little to do with zippiness lol.

For a new vehicle, at the sub $70k price point it's going to be hard to find a ICE vehicle that feels zippier than an EV. Infact, I'm going to boldly state that it's impossible.