Alfa Romeo Mito
Registered from 2008 to 2019.
About this model
The Alfa Romeo MiTo is a supermini car which was made by Fiat Group Automobiles from 2008 until 2020 and sold under the Alfa Romeo marque. It is a three-door hatchback with a front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout and shares its SCCS platform with the Fiat Grande Punto. The MiTo has a single generation, with 293,428 units produced at the Fiat Mirafiori factory. It was designed by Centro Stile Alfa Romeo, with the Mito nameplate being a portmanteau of the Italian cities of Milano (Milan), where it was designed, and Torino (Turin), where it was manufactured.
From the Wikipedia article Alfa Romeo MiTo, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2009 1.4 petrol. 1,365 of 4,801 tests failed, 28%.
Better than 24% of 2009 cars. The typical one fails 25%, across 961 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 44% | 596 |
| Brakes | 43% | 585 |
| Lights and electrics | 28% | 389 |
| Tyres and wheels | 21% | 281 |
| Body and structure | 19% | 261 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 18% | 251 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Exhaust system leaking or insecure
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 44% of its failures
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Brakes — 43% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Tyres and wheels — 21% of its failures
- Exhaust and emissions — 18% of its failures
- Exhaust system leaking or insecure
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Lights and electrics — 28% of its failures
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Body and structure — 19% of its failures
When it starts failing
At 140–160k miles this one fails 34% of its inspections, against the 29% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20–40k miles | 17% | 15% | 119 | |
| 40–60k miles | 24% | 20% | 450 | |
| 60–80k miles | 28% | 23% | 1,156 | |
| 80–100k miles | 29% | 26% | 1,400 | |
| 100–120k miles | 31% | 28% | 1,012 | |
| 120–140k miles | 30% | 29% | 437 | |
| 140–160k miles | 34% | 29% | 152 |
4,726 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 80k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 0.9 petrol · 1205 kg · 2511 mm wheelbase · 4.1 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2017 | 0.9 petrol · 103 hp · 1206 kg · 2511 mm wheelbase · 4.1 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2016 | 1.4 petrol · 125 hp · 1189 kg · 2511 mm wheelbase · 5.4 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2015 | 1.2 diesel · 84 hp · 1225 kg · 2511 mm wheelbase · 3.4 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2014 | 1.2 diesel · 86 hp · 1226 kg · 2511 mm wheelbase · 3.5 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2010 | 1.4 petrol · 1245 kg · 2511 mm wheelbase · 5.4 L/100km (NEDC) |