I placed my order on 9/13 (with an unofficial into production pack w/o a date on 9/17) and was just told by the nice rep at ASK MINI that they anticipate having mine completed by the first week in November (I guess I'm looking for a real Thanksgiving Day present). My MA thinks it may be because it's a JCW and there's not that many ordered in general. Maybe they are grouped by engine specs for a build? I was wondering if there are any other R56 JCWs on order, but not built yet. And what updated status reports you may have received.