CHRYSLER · CHRYSLER ALPINE · Cars
As of 2025 Q4, 29 CHRYSLER ALPINEs remain registered in the UK — one of the rarest cars in Britain on today's roads. That's down from a peak of 31 in 2022 Q3 — only 94% of the high-water mark, a loss of about 2 cars. They're disappearing at roughly 0 a year (1.7% of what's left), a pace that would halve the survivors by around 2066 if it held — though in practice the last, most-cherished examples tend to linger far longer. In all, the CHRYSLER ALPINE is rarer than 71% of the 2,408 UK car models we track, putting it firmly in 2025's endangered class.
Genuinely rare — only 29 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 71% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Disappearing at about 0 a year (1.7% of survivors). At that pace roughly 27 would remain in 5 years, and half the current fleet is gone by around ~2066.
The Chrysler Alpine, or Simca 1307, is a large family car produced by Chrysler Europe and subsequently PSA Peugeot Citroën from 1975 to 1986. Codenamed 'C6' in development, the car was styled in the United Kingdom by Roy Axe and his team at Whitley, and the car was engineered by Simca at Poissy in France. A modern, front-wheel drive hatchback, it was one of the earliest such cars in the large family class along with the Renault 20/Renault 30 and Volkswagen Passat, and became the 1976 European Car of the Year. It had been in development since 1972. The model was marketed variously as the Simca...
As of 2025 Q4, 29 CHRYSLER ALPINE were still registered in the UK — 8 licensed and on the road, plus 21 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The CHRYSLER ALPINE is genuinely rare, with only 29 left, making it rarer than 71% of the 2,408 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of CHRYSLER ALPINE on UK roads held steady. At the current rate of decline, roughly 27 would remain in 5 years.
Most CHRYSLER ALPINE run on petrol — about 100% of those still registered.
The CHRYSLER ALPINE peaked at 31 registered in 2022 Q3, and was first recorded in the data in 2014 Q3.