I ordered my car on 12/12 and I got a production number shortly after the new year. My car was produced 3/2, hit the port 3/3 and just arrived in the US port today. Probably another 2 weeks until it gets here. So it’s been about a 4 month wait at the moment..I was worried it would take half a year to get my mini after reading these posts. I ordered a Cooper S 4 door on Feb 26 and was given a production number that day. The next week I was told my car was due for production the week of March 21st. It’s now been pushed back 2 more weeks. I asked my dealer, Mini of Montgomery (Maryland) if it was likely that it would be so soon since others have to wait longer. They said that they have the second highest allocation of minis for this year since they sold so many last year. So they have higher priority. We’ll see if that’s true
I’m also from MD although I ended up buying in PA. Best of luck!