Alfa Romeo GTV
Registered from 1996 to 2005.
About this model
The Alfa Romeo GTV and the Alfa Romeo Spider are sports cars produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1993 to 2004. The GTV is a 2+2 coupé, while the Spider is a two-seater roadster. Production totaled 38,891 units for the Spider and 42,937 units for the GTV.
From the Wikipedia article Alfa Romeo GTV and Spider, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 1999 3.0 petrol. 68 of 210 tests failed, 32%.
Better than 11% of 1999 cars. The typical one fails 26%, across 348 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 60% | 41 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 34% | 23 |
| Lights and electrics | 34% | 23 |
| Body and structure | 26% | 18 |
| Suspension | 25% | 17 |
| Seat belts and airbags | 21% | 14 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
Where it stands out against its peers
- Brakes: failed more often than 95% of 1999 cars — 60% of its 68 failed tests, where an ordinary 1999 car has 37%.
- Seat belts and airbags: failed more often than 93% of 1999 cars — 21% of its 68 failed tests, where an ordinary 1999 car has 5%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 60% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Exhaust and emissions — 34% of its failures
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limits
- Suspension — 25% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 34% of its failures
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Body and structure — 26% of its failures
- Seat belts and airbags — 21% of its failures