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The Dodge Polara is an automobile introduced in the United States for the 1960 model year as Dodge's top-of-the-line full-size car.After the introduction of the Dodge Custom 880 in 1962, the Polara nameplate designated a step below the full-sized best-trimmed Dodge model; the Polara that year had been downsized to what was in effect intermediate, or mid-size status.
The Chrysler B and RB engines are a series of big-block V8 gasoline engines introduced in 1958 to replace the Chrysler FirePower (first generation Hemi) engines. The B and RB engines are often referred to as "wedge" engines because they use wedge-shaped combustion chambers; this differentiates them from Chrysler's 426 Hemi big block engines that are typically referred to as "Hemi" or "426 Hemi ...
During 1963 and 1964 model years, the Dodge 440 was the mid-range model. [5] It featured less chrome and a plainer interior than the top-trimed Polara. For the 1965 model year, the 440, along with the 330 and 880 were all replaced by the Polara, which was built on the new C Body with 121-inch (3,073 mm) wheelbase. The 426 engine was also no ...
1965 C-Body Polara. 121 in 1965–1966 Plymouth wagons; 1965–1966 Dodge Monaco sedan; 1965–1966 Dodge Polara sedan; 1965–1966 Chrysler wagons; 121.5 in 1975–1977 Plymouth Gran Fury (except wagons) 1974–1977 Dodge Monaco (except wagons) 122 in 1967–1973 Plymouth wagons; 1974 Plymouth Fury III/Gran Fury; 1967–1973 Dodge Monaco sedan
The first use of the Challenger name by Dodge was in 1959 for marketing a "value version" of the full-sized Coronet Silver Challenger. From model years 1970 to 1974, the first generation Dodge Challenger pony car was built using the Chrysler E platform in hardtop and convertible body styles sharing major components with the Plymouth Barracuda. [1]
In Canada, the "Monaco" name was applied for 1967 to all of the premium full-sized Dodge cars, replacing the Polara 880 at the top of the Dodge line. Taking the Monaco's place as a premium full-size model was the Monaco 500, which was available only as a two-door hardtop and convertible. [citation needed]
The B platform or B-body was the name of two of Chrysler's midsize passenger car platforms – at first rear-wheel drive, from 1962 through 1979; and the later, unrelated front-wheel drive platform, used by the Eagle Premier / Dodge Monaco, from 1988 through 1992.
Dan Aykroyd, co-writer of the film, stated that he chose the 440 Dodge Monaco because he considered it to be the hottest car used by police during the 1970s. [2] It's got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.