Dodge Polara

Dodge Polara
1973 Dodge Polara 2-door hardtop
Overview
Manufacturer	Dodge (Chrysler)
Model years	1960–1973
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size (1960–1961, 1965–1973) Mid-size (1962–1964)
Layout	FR layout
Chronology
Predecessor	Dodge Coronet (full-size 1959)
Successor	Dodge Monaco

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. In its various forms, the Polara name was used by Dodge until 1973, when its position in Dodge's line-up was replaced by the Dodge Monaco.

The name Polara is a reference to the Polaris star in a marketing attempt to appeal to the excitement surrounding the Space Race during the early 1960s.