[Frost__2001]

the thing is I take it this is your first child? if so you should get a sedan or a wagon as a replacement over the ZX5 as I can honestly tell you that you'll have little to no room in the ZX5 for all the baby stuff when you are going places, I have 4 nephews and all the stuff they used to need fit perfectly in to the trunk of my sedans with a little bit of room left over for things like groceries, or other things that you might buy on an outing.

Someone a while ago posted something asking if a ZX5 would meet the needs of a newborn in a up and coming family and I pointed out the same conclusions on the ZX5 and they went with something else in the end. As for the Automatic you should point out to your wife she should learn how to as reality is it's cheaper to run a car with 5 speed then auto.