a new car

We are thinking about buying a new car. Over the week-end we went and looked at the Nissan Versa and test drove one. We also looked at the Honda Fit but weren't able to test drive one because of some recall thing that the dealership had to take care of before any more test drives. We have a minivan now, which just takes too much gas. It's great for our long trips down to FL, but not so good in the city. Most of our driving is in the city. A hybrid, like the Prius would be great but just a little too pricey. So since we only have one car, we would like to have more space than a sedan for all the stuff we like to haul, but gets good gas mileage. My hubby liked the versa because of all the leg room in the back seats, I am still not sure, the honda's back seats fold down to the floor which is really cool, but it doesn't quite have as much room in the back seat. Maybe this week or week-end we can go test drive a Fit and then go back and test out the Versa and see what we think. We are actually thinking of getting a manual, yeah! That would be great, I like sticks.
Any thoughts.......