So I got an update from my sales guy over the long weekend, and others on the Lexus forums have also corroborated this.
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IS 500 regular will be $72.9k
IS 500 LE will be $77.6k
All prices plus freight/PDI/fees etc.
No delivery date as of yet but Toyota/Lexus is heavily slashing production due to chip shortages so it might be a while
Akinari was basically right on the ball. The wife and I are talking it over once again, before committing to purchasing, but that's roughly on the upper end of our budget so we're reviewing the competition to see if any of the other cars really stand out to us in comparison to the Lexus to warrant taking a second look.