whats a "Bitter"?
crash77
06-25-2003, 03:20 PM
my dad saw 1. i dont knoe what it is. any1 knoe?
Jay!
06-25-2003, 03:22 PM
SuPeRcAr_MaN
06-25-2003, 07:41 PM
Not bad looking vehicles, considering the years they were made. I've never ever heard of them before... Thanks for the site.
jsb88
06-26-2003, 01:57 AM
I suppose it is good for its time, the convertible actually looks quite good. odd name though, "Bitter"? why would you want to associate it with a bad taste? :rolleyes:
Jimster
06-26-2003, 02:26 AM
I saw a picture of one in a magazine somewhere- they are odd looking things :eek7:
Hudson
06-26-2003, 09:47 AM
I've seen a few coupes in person and they are nice cars...but I'd like to find a convertible or sedan.
tigermiata
07-01-2003, 07:09 AM
I've been a bit interested for a while in the Bitter CD from the 1970's; the V-8 powered one.
Haven't found a whole lot on it, either they stuffed in Chevy V8s or Opel built a version of the motor over there for their biggest cars, and Erich Bitter, IIRC, was an Opel dealer before becoming a car maker and his vehicles have been Opel-based. The car certainly looks good.
Alas, trying most search engines for "Bitter CD" results in a bunch of results about angry-kid music.:icon16:
Haven't found a whole lot on it, either they stuffed in Chevy V8s or Opel built a version of the motor over there for their biggest cars, and Erich Bitter, IIRC, was an Opel dealer before becoming a car maker and his vehicles have been Opel-based. The car certainly looks good.
Alas, trying most search engines for "Bitter CD" results in a bunch of results about angry-kid music.:icon16:
Hudson
07-01-2003, 10:28 AM
I don't recall any factory-built V8 Bitter cars. As far as I remember, they all had Opel inline-six engines.
tigermiata
07-01-2003, 11:27 AM
Originally posted by Hudson
I don't recall any factory-built V8 Bitter cars. As far as I remember, they all had Opel inline-six engines.
Yeah, I don't think they made it to the US, like the later Bitter SC (Opel six) did in the 1980's. I've found a couple of photos on-line of the CD for my screen-saver, but that's about it. About the size and shape of an Iso Lele.
I don't recall any factory-built V8 Bitter cars. As far as I remember, they all had Opel inline-six engines.
Yeah, I don't think they made it to the US, like the later Bitter SC (Opel six) did in the 1980's. I've found a couple of photos on-line of the CD for my screen-saver, but that's about it. About the size and shape of an Iso Lele.
Hudson
07-01-2003, 12:14 PM
To my knowledge, there weren't any V8-powered Bitters...in the US or not.
tigermiata
07-01-2003, 01:46 PM
Originally posted by Hudson
To my knowledge, there weren't any V8-powered Bitters...in the US or not.
Here you go; a couple of photos and if you click on the little spec sheet to enlarge it...
http://www.intermeccanica.org/vehicles/bitter/bittercd.htm
To my knowledge, there weren't any V8-powered Bitters...in the US or not.
Here you go; a couple of photos and if you click on the little spec sheet to enlarge it...
http://www.intermeccanica.org/vehicles/bitter/bittercd.htm
Hudson
07-02-2003, 12:49 PM
Like I said, "to my knowledge." You learn something new everyday if you do it right.
They seem to have produced 396 of these Bitter CDs.
They seem to have produced 396 of these Bitter CDs.
tigermiata
07-02-2003, 01:22 PM
Originally posted by Hudson
Like I said, "to my knowledge." You learn something new everyday if you do it right.
:bigthumb: Me too, me too. :bigthumb:
Like I said, "to my knowledge." You learn something new everyday if you do it right.
:bigthumb: Me too, me too. :bigthumb:
lrd56
11-16-2003, 09:41 PM
for bitter cars and other odd cars look in hemmings motor news or hemmings on the net
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