favouring MT over AT or vice versa, depends upon one's personal needs. A person who buys a car only to get himself carried around, always prefers AT. Cz u put AT in 'D' and forget. Its simply brake and throttle, nothing else.
On he other hand, if one buys a car to 'Drive' it, he will always prefer manual tranny. Cz in an AT car, no matter what you do, u never have full control over the vehicle itself.