Personally for me I booked oldshape on 11th Jan 22 and converted to RS the day they started conversions to new shape , got Sep delivery (So pre booking 2 months before offical booking and still almost 9 month wait lol).
When dollar was pretty volatile at end of may before budget and prices were increasing day by day i bought an MG HS for 58(registered), enjoying all ADAS features adaptive cruise etc the feature itch that I had and the reason I opted for RS absolutely love my black on red MG HS.
Now with this price increase I have no motivation to get another ordinary looking civic (I already have a 35k driven 2017 civic X as 3rd car) , I'm just waiting for them to give no cancelation fee or markup on refunds like Toyota before I cancel.
Just a perspective of a non dealer/Investor someone who wanted to keep this shape for a good 5-6 years