1991 Prototype

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In 1991 Erich Bitter was negociating a 51% share participation with the Japanese company FEDCO. This company had interests in Formula One racing and in the British motor racing engineering company Spice Engineering.

MGA Developments from Coventry, who carried out work for Spice Engineering before, were asked to build a prototype for a 2-seater supercar similar to the Jaguar XJR.

In the same year already Erich Bitter presented the Bitter TASCO on the Frakfurt Auto Show together with the facelifted Bitter Type3. The car on the show was a rolling chassis only with a greenish glass fibre body but without running gear or interior.

The idea was to provide the TASCO with a luxury interior like the CD and SC as it was not only meant to be a racing car but also a daily driver. The motorisation would be the 8-litre V10 engine from the Dodge Viper.

In 1992 the financial situation of FEDCO was unstable and the plans for cooperation were canceled. This was also the end for the Bitter TASCO.

The Bitter TASCO prototype can still be seen in the Coventry Transport Museum. The car is repainted in a blueish color and has some other cosmetic chnages. A second unfinished body and chassis was bought by a private person who wanted to transform it into a running car. It has changed owner at least once and it is uncertain what the current status of that project is.