Manta was a custom car company based out of Southern California (run by brothers Brad and Tim LoVette) in the 1970s/1980s that built speedy looking fiberglass superkits using donor parts from Vettes and Beetles. The Montage was one of their later offerings and used a Volkswagen Type 1 donor engine/transmission to underpin a fancy looking fiberglass shell. Find this 1984 Manta Montage M6GT offered for $15,000 in West Palm Beach, FL via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
I would seriously drive this next car every single day if I could fit a few car seats into the back...because it combines the basic practicality of a Chevy V8 that'll get you to the grocery store and back with the menacing looks of a McLaren M6 racer. This is the car that'll get your neighbors talking about you behind your back...but those know-nothing do-gooders are stuck in the world of fleasing new sport utility vehicles with high monthly payments and zero street cred -- forget 'em. Buy this 1984 Manta Montage offered for $18995 in Phoenix, AZ via craigslist. Tip from FuelTruck. 
If you want a fast luxury 2+2 Grand Tourer from the mid 2000s there are a number of good looking cars to choose from -- Mercedes SLK, Jaguar XK8, Aston Martin DB7, Audi A5/S5, et cetera...but if you want something with a manual gearbox and a Bangle-butt, there is only one choice -- the BMW 6-series. Find this 2007 BMW M6 here on eBay bidding for $15,400 reserve-not-met located in Atlanta, GA. 
DT's logo guru Kaibeezy has always claimed that the SF Bay area craigslist is by far the best place to search for an inexpensive classic car (your Daily Turismo) and at first the assertion seemed silly. Unfortunately, my local craigslist (Los Angeles), despite its favorable weather, is filled with a disproportionately large percentage of cars that represent dashed dreams and shattered realities of the central Los Angeles life. For some reason the same blight that infects the LA craigslist does not infect the SF Bay Area craigslist in the same percentage, and inexpensive decent condition classics just fall off trees. Check out these examples with descriptions by Kaibeezy.
We conclude our celebration of Bracq Friday with another classic coupe from Paul Bracq, but this time from his later years at BMW Design. The E24 generation BMW 6-series was built from 1976-1989 and proved that you didn't need a V8 to build a fantastic grand tourer. It also proved that a guy named Paul Bracq knew how to design a car that looked like a shark. Get one today before they become ultra expensive and live in fancy garages. Find this 1984 BMW M6 E24 offered here on eBay
, currently bidding for $15,200 reserve-not-met with 7 days to go, located in Spring, Texas.
The BMW 6-series has only been available for 3 generations, first the E24 from 1976-1989, later the E63 from 2003-2010 and finally the F12 2011-present. The 6-series to get has always been the M6 version, but if you want one with a clutch pedal, you'll need to get a classic...which is fine with us because they are also the least expensive. Find this 1988 BMW M6 E24 offered for $16,000 in Novato, CA via craigslist. Tip from Kaibeezy.
The e24 generation BMW M6 was sold around the world in limited quantities (just over 4,000 produced) with a sweet sounding inline 6 mated to a 5 speed manual gearbox. The Europeans received a hotter engine making an additional 30 horsepower because of the lack of restrictive US EPA mandated emissions after-treatment. A few grey-market escapees have made it to the USA and today we've found a 1984 BMW E24 M6 Euro grey market import for sale in Holliston, MA currently bidding at $11,400 with a few hours to go.
The e24 BMW 6-series was a luxury grand tourer with a large trunk and colossal price tag. Only bankers, financiers, stock brokers and other criminals could afford them when new. It was a good car in standard 630/633/635 spec, but an absolute wolf in sheep's clothing in USA M6 trim but an even faster M6 hunted in European showrooms -originally called the M635CSi. This 1986 BMW M635CSi is a Euro grey market car and for sale in NYC for $13,200 reserve not met on ebay.