The world of strange ‘80s and ‘90s kit cars knows endless depth, oddities, and interesting stories. Back then, it felt like any mad scientist could go out and set up a small car company building ...

The Mirage was produced by Costa Mesa, California-based Manta Cars, a company run by brothers Brad and Tim LoVette, the former of which designed the car. Around 1,000 of them were built between 1974 ...