 This car is so slow from zero to thirty miles per hour in the eco mode that it is almost dangerous to pull out into traffic, doesn't matter if you leave it in drive or shift it yourself,  the sport mode is a little better but that makes the fuel economy even worse than the already pathetic mpg's we're seeing with ours.  We wouldn't mind trading fuel economy for performance but this car offers neither and thats with only one or two people in it (my wife and I only weigh 260 pounds COMBINED),  with three or four people it is of course, worse.  The service tech at the local dealership didn't seem to care and gave us the standard " They're all like that"  reply.  We were hoping the ECU could be reflashed or something.  Our 2012 Hyundai Elantra with more horsepower, a conventional six speed automatic transmission offers much better performance and much better fuel economy. Even a  friend's 306 horsepower Civic R  is getting better fuel economy than our pathetic Corolla.   Since you're wondering,  we purchased a different car than the one we test drove. Never do that.