It's not the fastest, and actually it's pretty gutless. But I guess I knew it would be gutless--I wanted a truck that would get decent gas mileage, so I went looking for a 4-cylinder. The manual transmission is what gets me up hills. I can't imagine what it's like in an automatic! But it runs great, it's SO inexpensive to fix and maintain, it's not not-fun to drive, and it is so convenient, having a truck.