{"id":27504,"date":"2023-12-15T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/?p=27504"},"modified":"2025-04-08T22:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T05:43:17","slug":"look-at-this-car-zimmer-golden-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/gearheads\/look-at-this-car-zimmer-golden-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Look at this car: Zimmer Golden Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Take a break with these pretty pictures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Every few Fridays, we like to bring you moments of zen<\/a> in the form of some of our favorite motorcars from around the Turo marketplace. Let\u2019s keep the fun going. We like cars, you like cars, so let\u2019s look at some cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nostalgia can be a puzzling indulgence. You can see it in modern cars with retro touches like the PT Cruiser, Dodge Challenger, and Plymouth Prowler, but for some, those don\u2019t go far enough. Enter the neoclassics: pseudo-vintage maximalism, luxuriously draped over a modern vehicle\u2019s body. And here we have one of the best examples of the neoclassical approach \u2014 a 1983 Zimmer Golden Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Golden Spirit was the flagship model of Zimmer Motor Cars and was produced from 1980 to 1988 in Pompano Beach, Florida. This zany contraption boasts a design full of frivolous opulence, but it hides a Ford Mustang V8 and chassis, meaning it\u2019s fairly simple to drive and maintain. The wheelbase, however, has been stretched four feet to give the Golden Spirit the look of a 1930s limousine, or something that would be driven by a villainous cartoon billionaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the 1980s Zimmer design department, more was more. A gold-plated bronze eagle hood ornament caps off a grille festooned with trumpet horns and spotlights, fender-mounted spare wheels sit next to teak-trimmed running boards, and behind the opera windows and half-vinyl roof, there\u2019s a rear luggage rack and trunk that looks like it carries a third<\/em> spare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The exterior\u2019s chrome and gold accents carry on to the interior, which has an intriguing hodgepodge of rad \u201880s features with genuinely luxurious touches. Walnut dash panels atop the Mustang gauges, Recaro racing seats, and hand-cut German crystal flower vases are just a few highlights from this eclectic combination. It\u2019s two parts Great Gatsby, one part Marty McFly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mher\u2019s Golden Spirit is one of just about 1,400 examples ever built. It\u2019s a rare bird and a funky piece of automotive history, and possibly the most unique driving experience you can have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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