Had a frustrating call from my Lincoln salesman this morning. He's a good guy and I do believe he's giving me honest information, at least as good as he's being told. He said he continues to track my 2023 order every Thursday and so far no
VIN has been issued (this I knew) and that so far no 2023 orders from dealers have been built. He said a Lincoln rep said they haven't started the Production line back yet as things are "on hold", no explanation of why. Furthermore, he told them he needed some info as to when I could possibly see my order in Production since my '22 GT order took 11 months (Feb '22 to Jan '23) to be built, was delivered after Jan 1 and that I didn't take it for that reason. He was told they have "no idea of timing
and that they are concentrating on building the Escape orders first, as they take less production content (parts). Surprisingly, my '22 GT order is still in their inventory for sale. I expressed surprised it wasn't snatched up and his reply was "well it was fully loaded (as is my '23 order) and honestly there doesn't seem to be much interest in it anymore"! I asked if he's still having any customers place anymore '23 orders and he said the order cycle is closed, they can't place any. He then told me they had 2 other customers place orders for '23 models and that was it.
Now my quandary is, do I wait potentially 11 months again or should I bite the bullet and start shopping a Lexus NX PHEV or Volvo XC60 PHEV, or BMW X5 PHEV? Hate to abandon American companies and American made but enough is enough if they can't deliver. At least if I decide on BMW they are made here and qualify for the tax incentive.