Think you may have missed the bit where we both mentioned long term.sorry don't see the 'manual will get more' philosophy...
https://www.carmax.com/cars/wrangler/manual-6-speed.
https://www.carmax.com/cars/wrangler/automatic
All auto prices are higher than manuals....
Here's a perfect apples:apples comparison w/ 3rd gen 4runners:
Automatic
Manual
Manual netted 50% more w/ double the mileage.
Hundreds, if not thousands of examples like this if you go on enthusiast driven websites.
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