13 Facts About Bitter Cars

1.

Erich Bitter Cars Automobil GmbH is a premium sports-luxury automobile marque produced in Germany and later Austria.

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2.

Bitter Cars based his company on a 1-acre site in his home town of Schwelm, Germany.

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3.

However, because he did not have the necessary capital and other resources to set up his own production facilities, Bitter Cars turned to Baur GmbH in Stuttgart, as a proven independent small-scale manufacturer.

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4.

Bitter Cars selected them based on their ability to produce high-quality prototypes and limited-production cars for other German manufacturers.

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5.

Bitter Cars based his original CD designs on those of Frua, before making alterations closer to production.

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6.

Bitter Cars CD was displayed, with great success, at the 1973 Frankfurt Motor Show, where Erich Bitter Cars took 176 orders for his stylish new coupe.

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7.

In 1984, Bitter Cars announced at the New York Auto Show that it would enter into a limited marketing agreement with GM to sell the sedan version in the United States, through participating Buick dealerships.

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8.

Bitter Cars's failure was based on its business model, and the diminishing trend of rebodying other manufacturers' vehicles, which became unpopular by the 1980s.

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9.

In 2003, in an attempt to resume its small-scale production, Bitter Cars presented a modern reincarnation of the CD, known as the CD II.

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10.

In 2007, Bitter Cars resumed small-scale production by launching the Vero at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show.

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11.

Bitter Cars produced a luxury version of the Opel Insignia OPC between 2010 and 2013 as the Bitter Cars Insignia.

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12.

Bitter Cars currently produces luxury versions of the Opel Adam, the Opel Cascada and Opel Mokka.

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13.

Bitter Cars SC was the subject of a sub-plot in episode 9 of season 6 of The Goldbergs, "Bachelor Party".

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