He said there would be a late February availability... Apparently the difference in the two was a 3mm difference in throw. He said they tried the "base" gated shifter on over a dozen Limiteds and each one had binding issues between the gates... Tried it on a few base coupes (blackline in Germany) and had no issues.

This is the only car I've ever worked on where 2-3mm could make or break a mod.