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Company type | GmbH |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | Schwelm, Germany (1971) |
Founder | Erich Bitter |
Headquarters | , Germany |
Area served | Europe |
Products | Automobiles |
Website | Bitter Automotive (in German) |
Erich Bitter Automobil GmbH (Bitter) is a premium sports-luxury automobile marque produced in Germany and later Austria. Founder Erich Bitter (1933-2023), a then retired racing driver turned automobile tuner, importer and ultimately designer began crafting his own vehicles after business ventures with Italian manufacturer Intermeccanica ended.
Bitter specialises in rebody-ing other manufacturer's vehicles and its initial production was between 1973 and 1989, selling vehicles in Europe and the United States. Thereafter, several prototypes followed with possible future low-volume production, but none arrived until the launch of the Bitter Vero in 2007.