Longhorn,
It's interesting that you saw that about the custom orders for LR4s. I'm fortunate to have five Land Rover dealerships within about 80 miles. As I spoke to each one in my "just looking phase" a few months ago, I asked some of the same questions to gauge responses. (The dealership that started their conversations discussing "How much I was looking to spend?" and "What kind of financing are you looking for?" got to watch me walk away.) Two dealerships really stood out and a third made a good impression as well. I wound up selecting the one geographically closer of the two most impressive.
As I spoke to all three I asked about ordering my LR4 to spec and heard widely varying responses. One told me they didn't do that anymore, one asked for $5000 down, one said Land Rover wasn't taking orders any longer, and two were willing to help me out. Of the two one said orders took 4-6 months to fill and another promised 2-4. I have to wonder why there were such widely varying responses?