Info für Besucher ohne Javascript

Premium

Test Bitter Diplomat CD - Maserati feeling from Germany (ZQ)

This article was auto-translated. We apologize if some words are confusing or simply amusing. Would you like to help us improve?

Created on January 2, 1975

Reading time 13min

Written by:

AR «Tester»

Photos:

Archiv

10

Archiv

10

Bitter CD (1975) - elegante Silhouette mit typischen Siebzigerjahrezügen beim Bitter

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Bitter CD (1975) - Frontansicht des eleganten Bitters

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Bitter CD (1975) - Heckansicht des Bitters - das Typenschild "Bitter 5.4" wurde nur versuchsweise angebracht

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Bitter CD (1975) - Eleganz und Praktikabilität waren die Ziele bei der Entwicklung

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Bitter CD (1975) - der grosse V8-Motor aus dem Opel Diplomat

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Bitter CD (1975) - guter Durchstieg zu den Hintersitzen

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Bitter CD (1975) - Interieur des komfortablen Coupés

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Bitter CD (1975) - Klappscheinwerfer entsprechend dem damaligen Modetrend

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Bitter CD (1975) - der Gepäckraum kann mit einem Rollo vor neugierigen Blicken geschützt werden

When logged in, you see more images in larger size.

Bitter CD (1975) - Erich Bitter mit seinem Sportwagen

You have only

1 out of 10

images seen in high resolution

Summary

Automobil Revue tested the rare Bitter Diplomat CD in the winter of 1974/1975 and was quite impressed. Here is the testers' brief summary: "We found the Bitter Diplomat CD to be a very pleasant and safe luxury vehicle. It is a valid alternative to a number of other, sometimes more expensive and usually even more powerful coupés. Thanks to its American-style V-8 engine/automatic transmission drive unit, it is mechanically suitable for everyday all-round use, even if it is too good for this due to its extremely well-kept appearance. What we would like to see - at the risk of disturbing its captivating lines - are slightly larger, more protruding bumpers ... to protect its highly elegant front and the rear window, which extends almost to the end of the car."

This article contains the following chapters

5.4-liter V8 from GM
Low fuel consumption considering the large engine
GM automatic: smooth and fast
Power steering - power brakes
Problem-free handling
Almost four-seater 2 + 2
Order and overview
Only a few shortcomings
Bitter Diplomat CD - Summary assessment
Test results and technical data

Estimated reading time: 13min

Preview (beginning of the article)

German car fans think it is a Maserati Indy and Swiss "connoisseurs" confuse it with the Monteverdi Berlinetta. The brand name Bitter still has an aftertaste of the unknown, and only the model name Diplomat CD may evoke memories of an Opel design study that caused a sensation five years ago. Bitter is the youngest car brand on the European continent. It made its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in the fall of 1973. What looked from the outside like another Italian dream car from the workshop of a Turin specialty coachbuilder was presented as a purely German aerodynamic super coupé. With it, initiator Erich Bitter burst into the middle of the "petrol crisis". Nevertheless, the hundredth Bitter Diplomat CD will soon be rolling out of the workshops of coachbuilder Baur in Stuttgart.

Welcome to Zwischengas!

Continue reading this article for free?

Photos of this article

Source: