Hi everyone,
Been following this thread for a while but had nothing to add (I've had no updates since placing my order) so thought I should let you kind people know my story this far. Ordered the 1.5 MHEV Estate in the second week of February. My current car was due back at the end of August but work in the Automotive industry so I was aware there would be long lead times for new orders.
The lease company gave me an expected delivery date of September 1st when the order was placed, while following this thread I fully expected this to be missed. Received no updates from the lease company until midway through September when they informed me that I might have the car within a few weeks, again not holding my breath.
Received a notification today that my car will be delivered this Thursday, 5 weeks after initially told but 34 weeks (8 months) after placing the Factory order.
As some of you have already said, other manufacturers are in the same situation and cancelling an ongoing order might not get you very far unless you can pick up something from stock (which is very low). Hope this helps and might give hope to some of you who have been waiting since the start of the year for your new car.