Interesting thread....
After spending all day fighting with a dealer over the trade-in value of the GF's Mazda 6, it occoured to me that I might be going about my pursuit of a JKU all wrong. Instead of fighting over the trade in value of my Libby...I could trade in my old Acura instead....and purchase a 2 door, manual tranny sport (being that they hold their value so well).....and keep my Libby instead.
One other item should be mentioned. If this is based on MSRP, keep in mind that the gap between the invoice price and MSRP is a lot closer on the Sports than on the Saharas and Rubi's.
Example -
2 Door Sport MSRP = $22,045
2 Door Sport invoice = $21,461
Invoice is 97.35% of MSRP
2 Door Sahara MSRP = $27,970
2 Door Sahara invoice = $26,413
Invoice is 94.43% of MSRP
2 Door Rubi MSRP = $29,995
2 Door Rubi invoice = $28,256
Invoice is 94.20% of MSRP
The 4 doors have similar percentages...(but there is some skewing do to the flat $800 destination fee.....and I'm too lazy to back that number out right now).