Low speed torque and driveability ?
I was driving my Avenger RT today and paying attention to the rpms, granny driving, taking off at a light with slowest acceleration for me to get up to speed I was in the 1800-2100 rpm band at that rate any engine makes more than enough power for that. More normal driving I'm fairly heavy footed 2000-3000 rpm, hovered at 2500 rpm average and any more aggressive part throttle (1/2 throttle) like passing, merging or just having fun it dropped down a gear and was 3000-4000 rpm and up to 5000 rpms if I stayed in it.
What I get for this car torque under 2500 rpm really don't matter much for driveability performance wise as long the car likes to run down there cause that's where it cruises. Above that any real acceleration it drops a gear and is in the 3000 + rpms and has decent pull there.
When I get my Valiant on the road this week I look at how performs at these rpms, being a 380hp crate with a smallish 2800 stall and highway gears 2.xx I know driveability is alright could be better but far from being a slug.