"This would be the equivalent of a Hellcat today — a big comfortable car that goes when you put your foot in it... There's just so much torque, it pulls so hard!" Jay Leno considers his 1964 Dodge Polara to be "quite the performance car from the dawn of the muscle car age," and we certainly agree. These days, it may not be as well-known as the Charger, Challenger, and other muscle cars of the late '60s, but the 426ci Wedge powered Polara was one of the cars that started it all. In a video on Jay Leno's Garage, he walks us through what made this car truly special.













