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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...promise sybaritic luxury. Oil-rich Arabs are big buyers: a member of the Saudi Arabian royal family this year paid $114,000 for two Lamborghini Countach-Ss lovingly built in Bologna. Sheiks and wealthy Japanese are queuing up to buy Aston Martin's wedge-shaped, futuristic, four-door Lagonda, currently $87,000 and sold out until 1982. After the legendary James Bond, the British company's most famous customer is probably Prince Charles, who tools around London in a 1970 Volante convertible, now worth $78,000. Like all Aston Martins, the car is upholstered with the hides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Exotic Steals at $40,000 | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

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