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All Things Fiero => General Fiero Discussion => Topic started by: pgackerman on January 09, 2020, 09:29:06 pm

Title: $40,000–$50,000 Fiero?
Post by: pgackerman on January 09, 2020, 09:29:06 pm

From Hagerty: https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2020/01/07/auction-oddballs-headed-to-scottsdale-2020?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20_January_09_Newsletter_NewDD (https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2020/01/07/auction-oddballs-headed-to-scottsdale-2020?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20_January_09_Newsletter_NewDD)

1986 Zimmer Quicksilver

Presale estimate: $40,000–$50,000

Back in the 1980s, odd and ostentatious “neoclassics” were a thing. Zimmer, along with companies like Excalibur and Clenet, is among the most famous builders. The Zimmer Golden Spirit is a typical example, with its 1930s-Mercedes-esque coachwork over a then-modern Ford platform, but the 1984–88 Zimmer Quicksilver is something entirely more futuristic. It looks like a personal luxury car with a fat, thirsty V-8 sitting under a long hood, but underneath it’s actually a Pontiac Fiero with a V-6 sitting behind the driver, not in front, along with a three-speed automatic. Despite its name, it is not a quick car, but it wasn’t really meant to be.

The body is fiberglass and the interior is sumptuous, complete with Italian leather upholstery, bucket seats, and genuine wood trim. The body is funky no matter which way you look at it, but it’s hard to call it ugly. The price was outrageous—over 50 grand at a time when a Fiero cost about 12—so Zimmer only built about 170 Quicksilvers. This may be the nicest one in the world; according to RM Sotheby’s, it’s a one-owner car with 464 miles on the clock.

Title: Re: $40,000–$50,000 Fiero?
Post by: Fierofool on January 09, 2020, 10:43:27 pm

I remember the Pimp on Starsky and Hutch had a Zimmer. 

Title: Re: $40,000–$50,000 Fiero?
Post by: Roger on January 10, 2020, 06:54:47 am

Is this an 'Ugliest Cars On the Planet' auction?