The Dodge Mirada is a mid-sized, rear-wheel drive coupe manufactured and marketed by Dodge for the model years 1980 to 1983, sharing the Chrysler J platform along with its badge engineered variants, the second generation Chrysler Cordoba and the Imperial. Production of the Mirada reached just under 53,000 units, staying relatively unchanged during its four-year run, with the exception of paint colors and engines. The Mirada was marketed as a sporty personal luxury car with limited advertising and marketing during a period when Chrysler was in deep financial difficulty.

To help Chrysler meet the ever stricter Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, the Mirada/Cordoba were downsized considerably from their predecessors, with the new models sitting on a modified version of the Dodge Aspen/Plymouth Volaré's platform. The Mirada was designed after the Cordoba's design was locked in, with various changes made to distinguish it and make it more sporting. Chief designer Ernie Barry had to include the landau roof even though the design team would have preferred not to, as such "classic" features were favored by Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca. The front end was from flexible plastic, with a grille design inspired by the "coffin-nosed" Cord 810/812.

The base models all received a basic metal roof with a chrome beauty strip extending from the bottom of the opera windows and across the roof. A power sunroof, or a glass T-top roof, were both offered as options for a sportier look; while a vinyl landau roof, or a "cabriolet roof", which was basically a mock convertible top with a blocked out quarter window, were both offered for a more luxurious look. The T-tops and landau were offered every year except for 1983, and the cabriolet top was offered every year. A power sunroof was offered for 1980 and 1981.

Base models came with 15” steel wheels with turbine-like hubcaps, or polished ten-spoke, 15” aluminum wheels with painted sections and bright chrome center caps.

The Mirada was offered in the following trims:

The Mirada came standard with a brushed aluminum finish on the instrumental panel, with faux woodgrain finish offered as an option. The base seats were cloth Sport bucket seats, while optional seats included vinyl Sport bucket seats, cloth and vinyl 60/40 split bench seats, and leather and vinyl bucket seats. Since the Mirada could be chosen with either a column shift or floor shift, the bench seat was only offered with the column shifter. Buyers had the choice of either an AM/FM stereo or an AM/FM/cassette stereo, an AM/FM/8-track stereo, and a Chrysler CB radio could be chosen as well. Available steering wheels included two iterations of base 2-spoke wheels, an optional 3-spoke Mopar "Tuff Wheel" and an optional 4-spoke sport wheel. Manual windows were standard on the base model, but the power windows from the CMX could be ordered on the base models as well.

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The 3.7 L inline slant-6 engine was available in the base Mirada, with the 5.2 L V8 offered as optional, and the code E58 360 5.9 L V8 available in the Mirada CMX, though only in 1980. For unexplained reasons the 360 was not available in any Chrysler automobiles from 1981 and on. All of these engines were mated to the A904 automatic transmission except the 360 (5.9L), which received the stronger A727. With the 185-horsepower 360, it was one of the fastest American cars available in 1980, on par with the Chevrolet Corvette.^{[citation needed]}