Built and sold from 1965 until 1978 and again from 1990 until 1992, the Dodge Monaco is a full size vehicle that was marketed by Dodge. The Monaco was intended to provide competition to the
Pontiac Grand Prix in the personal luxury market, so it was introduced for its first year as a hardtop coupe. While the Monaco was originally based on the Dodge Polara, it had original badging, stylized taillights, a new grille, as well as a center console making the Monaco feel completely different than any other car.
In 1967 Dodge applied the Monaco name to all premium trim level full size Dodge coupes, sedans, and station wagons, replacing the Polara 880 at the top of the Dodge line. While the Monaco wasn't all that popular with the general public, it was quite popular with police departments as well as with fleet companies.
In 1990, Chrysler was searching for a system to sell their required number of Eagle Premiers, and so the Monaco name was revived for a short period of time as a variant of the Eagle Premier. The new Monaco was a bit different from the Eagle Premiere in that it had a different grille, slightly different tail lights, and of course, the badging. Unfortunately, the renaming didn't work; the Monaco didn't flourish as Chrysler had hoped it would under the Monaco name. In fact, some say that the Monaco was simply doomed from the beginning. Because of the lack of sales, the Monaco was only revived for those two years and then the name went into moratorium once again. The Monaco was discontinued in 1992 and was replaced by the Dodge Intrepid late that year.
