Your opinion on 2nd gen vs 3rd gen resale value

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Hey guys, I never got my Yaris, have just missed on a couple. I live in a smaller city so that means I have to drive somewhere to find one, which makes it a little tougher. Excuses excuses, right?

Anyway, right now I'm looking at two prospects, one is a 2010 and one a 2012, but MTs. Both seem to be about the same deal value wise (not price, the 2012 obviously costs more)... The 2010 is probably a tiny bit better deal, but a 2012 manual transmission is very rare from what I've seen.

I'm wondering if in the future the newer body style would make it relatively (again, not in an absolute price sense) more valuable so that paying up for the 2012 would be worth it.

What do you think, would the 3rd gen be worth paying more for? Or does the new body style not even matter that much in the Yaris' case?