CD2

CD2

2003 Prototype	2004 Prototype	2005 Prototype
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The 2003 Holden Monaro - The 2004 Pontiac GTO - The 2005 Pontiac GTO
On the 2003 Geneva Motorshow Erich Bitter presented a new big coupé. As the technical base for the new car was the Australian Holden Monaro, the car was presented in right hand drive configuration only. The engine was the 345 bhp Chevrolet Corvette V8 5.7 litre engine. This was the actual successor of the 5.4 litre engine that was used 30 years ago in the Bitter CD. The use of a new 440 bhp Chevrolet Corvette V8 6.0 litre engine or even a Cadillac V12 7.5 litre engine was also investigated. The body and interior, however, were own Bitter designs.

With the help of a financial consulting agency Bitter tried to raise 6.000.000 EURO needed to build this new car in a limited series of 600 cars over 4 years. A personal invitation to invest in the Bitter GmbH was sent to a selected audience and a special website, i.e. http://www.bitter-genuss.de, was launched. The conditions of this invest plan were very promising with small risk - the project would be break-even with only 50 cars sold per year - and high profit - an 8% interest rate and a 5% profit share.

On the 2004 Geneva Motorshow the new Bitter coupé was converted to left hand drive configuration and had undergone some minor modifications. The car was repainted from silver to silver green.

But Bitter was still looking for the money to start up production. An important change was that production could now be started when a minimum capital of 2.000.000 EURO was collected. With a minimum investment of 5.000 EUR you could participate in the production of a new legend. Wer in die Bitter GmbH investiert, wird nicht nur in den Genuss einer gutverzinsten Beteiligung kommen, sondern auch an der Produktion einer neuen Legende teilhaben.

On the 2005 Geneva Motorshow the car was presented as an almost ready to be produced model. The car was repainted in red and still had the basic Holden Monaro engine and running gear. The final production model, however, will receive the brand new 6.0 litre LS2 engine from the 2005 Pontiac GTO.

The big news was that apparently all financial problems were solved. In December 2004 an investor for 2.500.000 EURO was found and a new company, i.e. Bitter Automobil Produktions GmbH was founded in Braunschweig. If everything proceeds as planned, production will start in the autumn of 2005.

As engineering partner Bitter attracted IAV (Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr) in Berlin. The body shells will be built by Salzgitter Automotive Engineering GmbH. The assembly will be finished in Braunschweig.

The originally planned number of 600 cars was reduced to 50 cars per year during 3 years. The car will be priced around 120.000 EURO.

ENGINE
Configuration	V8	V8
Displacement	365 cu in	5967 cc
Bore x Stroke	4.00 in x 3.62 in	101,6 mm x 92,0 mm
Compression ratio	10.9 : 1	10,9 : 1
Fuel delivery	Multi-point Fuel Injection	Multi-point Fuel Injection
Horsepower	400 hp at 5200 rpm	295 kW at 5200 rpm
Torque	400 lb ft at 4000 rpm	546 Nm at 4000 rpm
DIMENSIONS
Length	192.9 in	4900 mm
Width	74.5 in	1893 mm
Height	55.0 in	1397 mm
Weight	3792 lbs	1720 kg
Wheelbase	109.8 in	2788 mm
Track (Front/Rear)	62.6 in / 64.4 in	1589 mm / 1637 mm
Wheels	8,5 J 19	8,5 J 19
Tires	245/45 R 19	245/45 R 19
PERFORMANCE
Top speed	-	-
Acceleration	-	-