Bitter Vero Update: High-Res Image Gallery

We just got our hands on a new set of high resolution images of the Bitter Vero that was unveiled earlier today (click here for details). Did the fresh pictures change our mind about the Holden Statesman V8 based Vero? Mmmm, nop. And before you call us "bitter" we can think of about 122,000 reasons why not, beginning with the fact that, a slightly revised Holden Statesman cannot cost… €121,975 ($172,800). It's insane, it's ridiculous it's... I don't know how to describe it, but it's definetely wrong. -Image gallery after the jump

Bitter Vero: €122,000 Holden Statesman V8

Who said that only Americans (e.g. Pontiac and Buick) rebody Holdens? So do the Germans, and in particular Erich Bitter’s homonymous coachbuilding company. Two years after Bitter showed of its latest product, the Holden Monaro / Pontiac GTO based CD02 Coupe, the German coachbuilder announced the launch of their latest creation called the Vero. The sports sedan is based on the Holden Statesman (long-wheel-base version of the Holden Commodore / Pontiac G8) and it’s equipped with GM’s 362Hp 6.0-liter V8 matted to a 5-speed automatic transmission. Bitter redesigned the front and rear end of the car which now measures around 5,200 mm in length (205-inches) and it sits on 20-inch alloy wheels. According to the Germans, the Vero features suspension upgrades. -Continued after the jump

Inside, Bitter dressed the whole interior with high quality leather and added several luxury extras like a DVD system with monitors incorporated in the front headrests. The Vero will feature a basic price of 121,975 Euros (about $172,800) in Germany. That’s a lot of money. Even if Bitter only produces 100 units of the car, somehow we don’t think that “exclusivity” would make us overlook the fact that the Vero is priced on par with cars like the Mercedes-Benz S 63 AMG (€131,000 in Germany).

New Bitter model based on the Holden Statesman to be unveiled in Frankfurt

According to a report from Dutch magazine, Autoweek, independent German car-manufacture Bitter is getting ready to make a come back at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The article says that Bitter will present a fully customized version of the new Holden Statesman with a unique exterior body.

Bitter, who’s been around since 1974 manufactures prototypes, concept studies as well as individual cars based on Opel/Vauxhall models. The last individual car built by Bitter was the CD 02 which was based on the Holden/Vauxhall Monaro. It was presented as a prototype in the 2003 Geneva Show and as a production model in the 2005 Frankfurt Show. -Continued: Click "Read More..." below to check out the photo gallery of the CD 02 Via: Autoweek.nl

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