Here's what I've heard, from a very reputable resource at Valley Imports....
The guy who originally was buying the SLR is Randy Marten from WI, the president of Marten trucking (the white trailers w/ the blue dove on the side). He pre-orderd the SLR and when it came in, the Forum jumped all over it. The story ended up at the Board of Directors for his company, which in turn, got curious. Randy has a pretty nice stable of cars - I met him when he picked up his first 996TT. Ferarri's, etc.. something like 30 exotics. If you recall the 993 TT S that was red in the Valley Imports showroom, that was his too. This was the fastest production Porsche prior to the CGT. Anyways, the Board called for an audit of his car buying and as a result, he didn't take delivery of the SLR - I believe he sold it (and ironically made $$ off it )
Anyways, I asked a good friend of mine at VI who is buying it, and he wouldn't comment. I believe its b/c of the fall out of the SLR, but that's my guess. How I heard VI got on the list for the CGT wasn't related to Randy buying a lot of trucks, but I could be mistaken.
That's all i know....