Yes I am. And we are talking performance cars, not generic cars.
End of the day, its preference but I do laugh when people say it's better... Well sure but you are only happy about it because you don't possess the skill to really enjoy a good old manual on the track at it's limit.
Taking that we say performance car.
Used 2019 Mustang gt with manual or automatic are going for the same price considering both are optioned equal.
Ideally you would have to compare 2 of the same vehicle and year with same option only difference being Auto and manual to prove your theory.
Your picture posted was 2 completely different model years. So not even in the same category.