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Went to the local Jag dealer, who expects to have a demo car any day now. They did have some promo materials, including detailed options and equipment information.

Unfortunately, it looks like Jag is not going to allow many of the more popular options to be ordered outside of equipment packages. Thus, in order to get a moonroof and folding seats, you have to order the premium package, which comes with all sorts of other crap like a built in garage door opener. Then, of course, there's the sport package (mandatory, IMHO) that costs another $2K. Want heated seats? Gotta go with the cold weather package. And a CD player is not standard, so you have to specify that, too.

Bottom line: For a car that I can live with (3.0, 5 speed, sport package, folding seats, heated seats, and CD player), MSRP will probably be about 41K. While that is about in line with a similarly equipped 330, the 330 can be specced in a much more a la carte fashion, meaning that I can get the options I want while forgoing the expensive premium package (and leather upholstery), and get a car with a list price of about 38K. For me, the Jag is really going to have to be something special to justify the extra money.

And I had such high hopes.

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