Sir Loin, great post - thank you.
I'm thinking very similar to your post for my car. I am waiting until MY 2016 and am hoping the the rear camera will be standard by then and the surround cameras a stand-alone option. I can't make myself pay for the Exec package when that is all I want out of it...
So far I have MG, manual transmission, lighting package, suspension, rear shades (live in Arizona, do not like tint), HK. On the fence about the interior - I keep going from cloth to extended to full and then back again!
I think I'll need to see the cloth to make up my mind...