text: Despite the power losses and mild styling change, sales slightly rose. About 900 more Monacos were built for 1971 (approximately 25,544 — an exact number is unknown).
  1972
  For the 1972 model year, the full-sized Dodges featured all-new sheet metal that had been initially planned for 1971.
  Setting off the new look for the Monaco was a new front end with hidden headlamps set above a completely new bumper and grille assembly. The car's sides lost their previous plump appearance in favor of a new, lean look with a new feature line that started on the front fenders and ran back through the doors, kicking up ahead of the rear wheels. Sedan and hardtop rooflines were new and more formal-looking. At the rear, there was another new loop bumper and full-width taillamp. Station wagons received a new rear appearance with "stacked" vertical taillamps.
  The standard V8 for 1972 Monacos was the  LA-block engine, which had been introduced in 1971 as an option on Polaras. It was rated at , as measured net instead of gross. A new engine optional,  B-block V8. The 440 remained available, but it now produced  (net). Sales for 1972 nearly matched 1969 levels, with 37,013 built for the model year.