On reflection and reading through these discussions I’m hoping that I may have picked up a cancellation as I asked my local dealer for an Ultimate with both packs in either Galactic Grey or Shooting Star Grey and not really concerned about the interior colour, 2 days later he called to say that he could get one in Galactic Grey with a light interior for a delivery late Feb or early March 22. So I’m hoping that the car offered was an early pre order that was cancelled and I was lucky enough to pick it up at the right time when it became available.
When I ordered my Santa Fe PHEV, I sat with the dealer and went through their order system and checked what vehicles were scheduled for build and when. As my preferred colour had zero in planned build, it would have been a special order (back of the queue...). I was able to select an option that I was happy with which was in the queue, and therefore had a lot more available info on the process.
The Supply Bulletin I saw at the time noted that once the vehicle enters build there should be '8 Week Production + 8 Week Delivery' from Korea, on the Kona Range, Santa Fe and Ioniq range to the UK. (Other markets may vary).
Of course this was last July, and the chip shortage has impacted a lot more since then, but once a vehicle is in build this should still reflect.