Dodge Polara Argentina

The Dodge Polara built in Argentina is a large touring car that Chrysler-Fevre Argentina S.A. designed and produced for the Argentine market under the Dodge brand, from its presentation in 1968 until production ended in 1979. It was offered as a sedan and as a coupe. The sedan rested on the platform of the fourth generation of the American Dodge Dart, the same Early A Body that Argentina already knew through the Valiant, but it received a body designed for this market, and the coupe was a local development too. The Polara replaced the Valiant line and became the car most associated with the Argentine Dodge range, which also held the luxury Coronado, the sporting GT and GTX and the Polara RT. Its engine was a Chrysler Slant 6 of 225 cubic inches, or 3.7 litres, with a three-speed manual gearbox, and a Perkins diesel version appeared in 1976. The car was also assembled in Spain as the Dodge 3700, and Dodge coupes of the family won many Turismo Carretera racing championships in Argentina.