I remember an automatic version of my second car would have cost 12k instead of 10. Why is this 20% increase in price not being discussed here? I suppose this

I remember an automatic version of my second car would have cost 12k instead of 10. Why is this 20% increase in price not being discussed here? I suppose this was partly because the cheapest automatic version had more HP than then cheapest manual version, and partly because automatic is just more expensive. But the point stands...