I added a photo to the above post.
Anyhow, one thing that a lot of people seem to miss out on is that they make the mistake of getting a car with an automatic transmission. Unless you are a total gear shift zero, you will always do better with a stick. Automatics are for married guys with kids. The automatic robs you of about half your horsepower.
When I test drove the scions, I drove both versions. The automatic was smooth and got me from point A to point B with no shifting. When I drive the stick, I was unintentionally burning rubber at every light because I wasn't used to the car's performance. There was a HUGE difference and they both had identical engines. In my case, its 1500cc.
Ironically, that's the same as my honda CRX, but the scion gets a lot more HP out of the same CC's.