BMW · BMW ALPINA D4 · Cars
As of 2026 Q2, 61 BMW ALPINA D4s remain registered in the UK — one of the rarest cars in Britain on today's roads. That's down from a peak of 66 in 2025 Q2 — only 92% of the high-water mark, a loss of about 5 cars. Numbers have held broadly steady over recent years rather than falling away — often the mark of a model that owners deliberately preserve. In all, the BMW ALPINA D4 is rarer than 64% of the 2,315 UK car models we track, putting it firmly in 2026's endangered class.
Genuinely rare — only 61 left on UK roads.
Rarer than 64% of the 2,315 UK car models we track.
Alpina is a high-end luxury automobile brand by BMW. Alpina originally started as an automobile manufacturing company named Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen, based in Buchloe, in the Ostallgäu district of Bavaria, Germany that develops and sells high-performance versions of BMW cars. The company was officially renamed BMW Alpina in 2025. Alpina works closely with BMW and their processes are integrated into BMW's production lines, and is recognized by the German Ministry of Transport as an automobile manufacturer, in contrast to other performance specialists, which are aftermarket tuners. The Alpina B7...
As of 2026 Q2, 61 BMW ALPINA D4 were still registered in the UK — 59 licensed and on the road, plus 2 declared SORN (off-road). The figures come from official DVLA vehicle licensing data.
The BMW ALPINA D4 is genuinely rare, with only 61 left, making it rarer than 64% of the 2,315 UK car models we track.
Over the last year the number of BMW ALPINA D4 on UK roads fell by 5 (7.6%).
Most BMW ALPINA D4 run on diesel — about 100% of those still registered.
The BMW ALPINA D4 peaked at 66 registered in 2025 Q2, and was first recorded in the data in 2015 Q1.