The badge tells you the model.
The build tells you the market.
Within the same model, one factory decision can place two nearly identical cars in entirely different value tiers - a transmission, an engine revision, a lightweight package, an original-option combination, a production detail the market has learned to price differently.
You've already seen this. It's why arguments about these cars get so specific - specific years, specific options, specific numbers - because the people arguing already know a "manual" isn't just a spec line, it's a different car entirely.
Most buyers compare cars by year, mileage, color, and condition. Collectors compare the specification underneath them.
This Playbook teaches you how to do that - systematically, on any car, not just the ones you've already memorized.