1969 Opel CD (Coupé Diplomat)
Posted by MammothAmbition8910@reddit | WeirdWheels | View on Reddit | 16 comments
Sauce: https://it.motor1.com/news/455464/opel-coupe-diplomat-concept-realta/
Posted by MammothAmbition8910@reddit | WeirdWheels | View on Reddit | 16 comments
Sauce: https://it.motor1.com/news/455464/opel-coupe-diplomat-concept-realta/
AppendixN@reddit
I think I just had a crisis.
MiketheBike88@reddit
I like the third picture. "Um, how do we get in?"
_K10_@reddit
I wonder why Opel quit making pretty cars and started making absolute dogshit.
It was around the same time Saab quit making innovative, quirky cars and started making unreliable ones.
Oh right, GM.
ArriDesto@reddit
A lot of wedges, many by Bertone, at this period and I have always loved the shape.
This might have had a Lesley/ Moloko Matchbox copy.
Other cars with similar looks include the Bitter SC, Matra Baghera,Opel GTE, Ogle Bodied Aston Martins, Monteverdi Hai,origonal Stratos concept,Vauxhall Gilda concept,various Bertone designs,including the Marzal,Lotus Elipse,Eclat,Eclipse,Elise,( the James Bond one,not the modern one,)and others.
Throwaway_idiot99@reddit
few yeras later the bitter cd was born :D
Willing_Big194@reddit
My grandpa owned a Bitter SC, slightly less good looking but better for the family :)
Throwaway_idiot99@reddit
i like that too its the ferrari 400 in affordable :D
Willing_Big194@reddit
Exactly! And its much rarer, only 475 build. Cost 1.25 million Belgian Francs in the mid 80s. Still have the original brochure 😄
Throwaway_idiot99@reddit
and propably cheaper to drive and more reliable i miss erich bitter.
Willing_Big194@reddit
Oh yeah definitely! Those 3 liter 6 cylinders were very robust.
blackbeansandrice@reddit
Which was a much nicer, more realistic expression of the initial concept. Sadly, it was too late.
The 1972 Ferrari 365 GTC/4 beat the Bitter by two years. Although similar, the Ferrari out classed it in design and style.
In 1974 when the Bitter CD finally appeared, Ferrari was already on to the 365 GT4 BB.
Throwaway_idiot99@reddit
atleast the bitter is kinda affordable xD
agisten@reddit
It would've given Muira a run for its money, assuming the engine was not a complete wreck
dr_xenon@reddit
The front is gorgeous. The back, not so much.
blackbeansandrice@reddit
I have to say, the images posted don’t do it justice. The details are so subtle. Search other pictures and you’ll see the details better.
jombrowski@reddit
My uncle wanted to buy it, but unfortunately he was only an auxiliary employee of an embassy, not a certified diplomat, and they didn't let him.