My wife drives a Buick Regal GS, a car that looks every part the grandma-mobile (although she's only in her early 30s). Kids often come up to lights in their NOPI-type Japanese cars or low-end Mustangs attempting to blow her away. I've been in the car with her several times when this happens.
The look on their faces when my wife opens up the supercharged, 3.8 liter, 0-60 in 6.1 seconds engine is absolutely priceless.
Half the time she'll just take off without thinking about it with no intention of destroying egos and she'll still blow them off the line.
Give me good old American power any day.