A dealer I asked before told me they don't think they will get any Type R. Recently, they received their first one and the sales guy told me their second one should arrive before summer.
Another dealer that received the first batch back in Oct / Nov already had their SECOND Type R received in...
From FB group posts, the states’ dealerships are down to 4k - 5k markup, and those dealers asking for more do not sell their cars. Meanwhile, My local dealers have 3 SGP FL5 sitting in the showrooms and are asking $82k, $82k & 89k. The good news is that they're all unsold.
If you read the Japanese forums, there are quite a few guys who ordered, and the expected delivery date was April - June 2023. Suddenly, they got a phone call, and the car was ready for pick up.
This is what I read from the Japanese forum...
They’re not marking up on msrp, but you are required to purchase a tons of packages. And there’s one going as far as asking you to purchase a car from them for 20k and you’re trading it in right away, and they pay you 5k for trade in. There’s a lot of ways to get around the law lol