I'm not agree with you.
on last friday, 5 may i go to subaru, honda and renault showroom,
the price i got is 55k for impresa manual, 55k for city dsi manual
and 65k for megane manual.
on sat news paper, 6 may, the price for honda city is 49.2k and 62k
for megane. i call sales for subaru, the price drop to 53k.
if you rich, sure 2k is not issue, for me 2k is very big amount,
that's why i prefer manual to reduce the price.