Chrysler Alpine

The Chrysler Alpine, also sold as the Simca 1307, 1308 and 1309, was a large front-wheel-drive family hatchback built by Chrysler Europe and later by PSA Peugeot Citroën from 1975 to 1986. Roy Axe and his team styled it in the United Kingdom at Whitley while Simca engineered it at Poissy in France, and it was named the 1976 European Car of the Year. Production ran at Poissy and Ryton and extended to Barreiros in Spain, Todd Motors in New Zealand, Chrysler Colmotores in Colombia, where it was the Dodge Alpine, and Saab-Valmet in Finland. After PSA took over Chrysler Europe the car was facelifted in 1980 as the Talbot 1510 and Talbot Alpine, and a saloon version, the Talbot Solara, joined it. French production ended in 1986.