Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Registered from 2010 to 2020.
About this model
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta is a hatchback manufactured and marketed by Alfa Romeo, as a 5-door small family car. Production started near the end of 2009 and the model was introduced at the March 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The Giulietta placed second in the 2011 European Car of the Year awards. In 2020, Alfa Romeo announced that they were going to axe the Giulietta and production ended on 22 December 2020 spanning 10 years of sales from a period of 2010 to 2020. In total 469,067 examples were produced until 2020.
From the Wikipedia article Alfa Romeo Giulietta (2010), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2011 2.0 diesel. 956 of 3,417 tests failed, 28%.
Better than 14% of 2011 cars. The typical one fails 22%, across 924 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 48% | 457 |
| Lights and electrics | 42% | 398 |
| Tyres and wheels | 29% | 278 |
| Brakes | 23% | 216 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 18% | 176 |
| Visibility | 10% | 95 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 48% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Tyres and wheels — 29% of its failures
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Brakes — 23% of its failures
- Exhaust and emissions — 18% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 42% of its failures
- A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 10% of its failures
When it starts failing
At 180–200k miles this one fails 21% of its inspections, against the 26% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40–60k miles | 18% | 18% | 92 | |
| 60–80k miles | 25% | 21% | 386 | |
| 80–100k miles | 29% | 24% | 780 | |
| 100–120k miles | 28% | 25% | 855 | |
| 120–140k miles | 29% | 26% | 680 | |
| 140–160k miles | 26% | 26% | 350 | |
| 160–180k miles | 33% | 27% | 189 | |
| 180–200k miles | 21% | 26% | 47 |
3,379 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 100k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.4 petrol · 1355 kg · 2634 mm wheelbase · 7.0 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2019 | 1.4 petrol · 1355 kg · 2634 mm wheelbase · 7.3 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2018 | 1.4 petrol · 1355 kg · 2634 mm wheelbase · 7.3 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2017 | 1.4 petrol · 145 hp · 1367 kg · 2634 mm wheelbase · 5.4 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2016 | 1.4 petrol · 152 hp · 1365 kg · 2634 mm wheelbase · 5.4 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2015 | 1.4 petrol · 152 hp · 1365 kg · 2635 mm wheelbase · 5.6 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2014 | 1.4 petrol · 153 hp · 1366 kg · 2634 mm wheelbase · 5.6 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2010 | 1.4 petrol · 1394 kg · 2634 mm wheelbase · 5.6 L/100km (NEDC) |