Dodge Mirada

The Dodge Mirada was a by the U.S. automobile manufacturer Dodge offered 1979-1983 Coupe upmarket.

The Mirada was based on the rear-wheel drive J- platform of the Chrysler Group and was closely related to the same time introduced the second generation Chrysler Cordoba and the Chrysler Imperial model year 1981 until 1983.

The Mirada was offered in the first year as a base model and a sportier Mirada S with necessary equipment, you could have a CMX - order package that included visual decoration in the first place. A special feature of the period was the optionally available so-called Convertible Roof, a vinyl roof covering in the optics of a spanned convertible top. An engine options were available for the Mirada the 3.7 -liter inline six- cylinder, 5.2 -liter V8 and a 5.9 liter V8 with four -barrel carburetor available; all engines were basically combined with the TorqueFlite three- speed automatic.

In model year 1981, the Convertible Roof counted supplied with the CMX package, the S trim level was deleted and the 5.9 -liter dropped from the program. 1982 and 1983 were the Mirada received only minimal changes, which mainly affected the available colors. In the summer of 1983, the Mirada was, like his aforementioned sister models, adjusted substitution.

In total, nearly 53,000 copies of the coupes were built.

Motors

• 3.7 -liter six-cylinder in-line engine ( 63-67 kW)
• 5.2 -liter eight-cylinder V-engine ( 90-97 kW)
• 5.9 -liter eight-cylinder V-engine (138 kW)

Swell

Flammang, James M / Kowalke, Ron. Standard Catalog of American Cars 1976-1999, Krause Publications, Iola 1999, ISBN 0-87341-755-0.