1984 Aston Martin V8 Lagonda

Robin Leach took to the airwaves that year for a peek into "The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," and if he'd smarmed his celebrity subjects into walking him through their garages, we'd have encountered cars like these three supersedans on a weekly basis. Each was as absurdly overpriced as any of the other trappings of luxury featured on the show. The Maserati Quattroporte was the bargain of the lot, starting in the mid-$60,000 range (double these figures for today's dollars), next came the Bentley Mulsanne at about $110,000, and the Aston Martin Lagonda rang the bell at $150,000. An average of 20 Lagondas per year arrived in the U.S., only 30 Bentleys were imported each year, and Quattroporte sales here tallied just over 150 annually in the mid-1980s.