It’s a bad deal. Ignore that.
But what confused me was that the freight delivery charge is included in the MSRP. Is that normal? Or is something fishy going on?
If I build the car on Jeep’s website it’s unclear what the MSRP is…
Yes, it is always included in the MSRP.
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Is this different than a destination fee?
And how can dealers get away with saying freight is not included in the sales price of a car? 
That doesn’t really make sense…
Example:
The New Vehicle Internet Sale Price (ePrice) includes rebates, incentives and dealer discounts. Customers may not qualify for all incentives. Freight, sales tax, tags, wheel locks and a $300 processing charge are additional.
It’s the same as destination fee. I’ve only heard of dealers around VA doing that. Never had any dealer in SoCal ever do that.
Thanks! I’ve seen this before on my lease, which was from a MD dealer. I think that was the root of my confusion.
Go to Fitz, they include freight in their selling price. And should be relatively easy to deal with.
Both of your screenshots say exactly the same thing. Base msrp plus options plus destination for a total msrp of $33k. Not confusing at all.
That said, I did have a dealer once try to charge my sister for delivery twice by listing it on the sales contract as a separate item.
The second screenshot never actually labels what the total MSRP is. If you already know that the destination charge is included in the MSRP, then sure, it’s clear.
I’ve actually seen a bunch of dealers charge for delivery by listing it on the contract as a separate item. I thought that was normal, and that some dealers just included the delivery fee in their price. Since I thought explicitly charging for the delivery fee was normal, when I saw it being added to the MSRP, I thought something funny was going on.
Charging a separate delivery fee makes about as much sense as charging a “tire fee” on top of the sales price for the car’s tires, or anything else already included in the car’s MSRP.
Destination charge should not be listed separately as its part of the MSRP and should be residualized.
Tire fees are government fees and need to be charged. Dealers and tire shops cannot do anything about those tire fees.
I was just joking about the tire fee. Maybe a “roof fee” or “windshield fee” would have been a better example.
I didn’t mean the small tire fee/tax.