The Polara served as Dodge's mid-level series of full-sized autos, below the top-of-the-line Monaco series. In 1970, Dodge debuted the recent, re-designed Polara--now featuring a loop-style bumper in front that encompassed the grille and headlights and a larger rear bumper similarly surrounding the taillights. The series featured nine changed models available in 18 differential colours along with a laundry record of options.
Models
The appearance of the Polara could also be customized. Options included a center console (available only with the bucket seat option), a two-tone paint job (sedans, hard-tops and wagons only), front and rear bumper guards, and chromed steel road wheels with chromed trim ring.
The Polara could be silver metallic, aphotic grey metallic, glowing or blackish woebegone metallic, glossy or dim budding metallic, crepuscular burnt orange metallic, buff, ablaze turquoise metallic, blush, burgundy, Sunburn or drab Sunburn metallic, ghastly, dingy, cream, shine gold or gold metallic.
Standard Equipment
The Polara rolled away of the works featuring a 318-cubic-inch V8 engine, a three-speed album transmission, a 24-gallon fuel vat (23 in wagons), a dual-braking operation with hydraulic, servo-contact, self-energizing, self-adjusting brakes, and either a cloth and vinyl (hard-tops and sedans) or all vinyl (convertibles and wagons) interior trim. It extremely featured the highly touted au courant Torsion Peaceful Operate suspension development, which used a fashionable type of rubber isolator to reduce road and engine noise.
Interior Options
Interior options were available for all models, including: an automatic temperature control; bucket seats; electric door locks and clock; power brakes/seat/steering/windows/trunk-release; and Super-Lite, an auxiliary quartz iodine driving light mounted in the driver's side of the grille for extra assistance in night driving. This was discontinued the following year.
Radio Options
Four radio options were offered in the Polara: the Music Master AM radio, the Astrophonic deluxe AM radio, the AM-FM multi-plex radio and the push-button AM radio with eight-track tape player.
Performance Options
The Polara could be equipped with either a 383-cubic-inch, two-barrel carb V8 or a 440-cubic-inch, four-barrel carb V8 (which required premium fuel). It could also feature a three-speed automatic transmission and front disc power brakes.
External Options
The Polara was available as a two-door hardtop, a four-door hardtop, a four-door sedan, custom versions of Everyone of these, a convertible, and a estate car in either a two-seat or three-seat configuration.
