They make this stuff up, then? Or maybe you own one? ;-)
"What Car? Reliability Survey: Alfa Romeo to BMW
13 October 2005Alfa Romeo ? League position: 26th ? Claims per 100 vehicles: 39.4 ? Average age (years): 4.05 ? Average mileage: 47,068 ? Average repair cost: £423 ? Average time for repair (hours): 3.87
For the third year running, Alfa Romeo has one of the lowest average mileages and some of the youngest cars in this survey, yet it continues to sit near the bottom of the reliability table.
There is little improvement on its showing in last year?s survey, with just 0.1% fewer claims per 100 cars. What?s more, Alfas are among the most expensive and time-consuming cars to fix when things do go wrong, with an average repair cost of £423 and an average repair time of nearly four hours.
As far as individual models go, the 156 fares better than the 147, which only just escapes inclusion on the list of the bottom 10 cars overall.
Verdict: ** Another disappointing result from Alfa."
Still, they're better than Audis!