Classic Car Classifieds > Bitter SC Coupe

Erich Bitter Automobil GmbH (Bitter) is a premium sports-luxury automobile marque originally produced in Germany and later Austria. Founder Erich Bitter, a former race car driver turned automobile tuner, importer and ultimately designer began crafting his own vehicles after business ventures with Italian manufacture Intermeccanica ended.

The Bitter automobile company initially produced vehicles between 1973 and 1989, selling them in Europe and the United States. Several prototypes were created by Bitter in later years with an eye on possible low-volume production, but none of those plans came to fruition until the Vero in 2007.

Like the CD, the SC was based on Opel's biggest contemporary model, this time on the Opel Senator, and was sold from 1979 until 1989 as a coupé, sedan and convertible. The SC was powered by a fuel-injected Opel 3.0 l-I6 (177 hp) or a stroked 3.9 l-I6 that developed 207 hp (154 kW). Body design seems to have been heavily influenced by Ferrari`s 400i.

The first SC model to appear was the coupé (1979), followed by the convertible at the 1981 Frankfurt Auto Show and the sedan in 1984. Production lasted until 1989 with 461 coupés, 22 convertibles and only 5 sedans built. Along with the introduction of the Cabriolet in 1981, a four-wheel drive version of the coupé was also added.[1] The four-wheel drive system was developed by Ferguson Research, who also offered it for installation into the Opel Senator/Vauxhall Royale.