I had the same dilemma of ivory pearl vs. black when I bought mine. Ended up going with the ivory pearl...the wife made the final call. I'm happy with it but still lust for the black every once in a while when one drives by lol! Only complaint about this colour is that the beige leather picks up jean stains very easily.
If you go white, get a sport package one with the clear tails & silver rails (and the stock 20's)....looks much cleaner than the red tail/black rails imo. You will have to get a US version if you want sport pkg though.
As for option packages, I believe the Cdn tech pkg is all-inclusive incl. navi, dvd player, ikey, etc. vs. US where you can opt in/out some of the specific features.