The contract between homeland National and Rootes Group, or effectively Chrysler UK, was to produce Hillman cars domestically under the brand name of “Peykan.”Production growth. Production of the various versions of the Peykan (including Deluxe, Standard, Sport, and Taxi) expanded rapidly from 51 units in 1966 to 90,866 units in 1977, reaching a total of 98,051 units if one includes Peykan vans