Alfas' Reliability: Food for Thoughts

[Yves GUAY <guayy@domain.elided>]

In France, they have a mandatory  mechanical inspection ("Controle
technique").  All cars of more than 4 years have to pass this 133-point
inspection (each 2 years).
The organization in charge of the controle publishes annually all the
data that has been gathered (millions of inspections), including the
"failing rates".  Obviously,
in interpreting these figures one has to keep in mind that they also
reflect the kind of maintenance that the cars received from their
owner.  But these rates of
"non-conformite" can probably be used as an indication of a model's
reliability.

For more details: http://www.utac.com/PAGES/Bilan.htm

For the 164 (in the 6-9 year old category), the failing rate is 21.54 %

This compares to (SAME AGE CATEGORY) :

BMW 3 Series (II)                             16.31 %
BMW 5 Series (III)                          12.70 %
Chrysler LeBaron                             12.54 %
Fiat Uno (II)                                     24.06 %
Ford Escort                                       26.58 %
Honda Civic (III)                             18.02 %
Lada Samara                                     36.58 %
Mazda 323 (IV)                                13.80 %
Mercedes 190                                      8.69%
Mercedes Class C                               4.07 %
Nissan Serena                                   21.57 %
Peugeot 205                                      19.39 %
Porsche 911 (II)                                  5.24 %
Renault Safrane                                 14.73 %
Saab 900 (I)                                       15.12 %
Subaru Legacy                                    8.84 %
Toyota Camry (II)                               8.33 %
Volvo 850                                            5.74 %
Yugo                                                 41.67 %

They have no data for the 156 (too early) but for Alfasuds (more than 10
years), the failing rate is 35.21 %.


Yves GUAY
Montreal, Canada

Alfa 164S 1991
Fiat X1/9 1981

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