Alfa Romeo Giulietta: the report card
What 32.8 million MOT tests and five years of police collision records say about the Alfa Romeo Giulietta — reliability at the test bay and what happens to the people inside when things go wrong.
The short answer
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta passes its MOT first time 68.6% of the time — worse than the 71.4% national average, across 26,304 official tests.
68.6%
MOT first-time pass rate (26,304 tests)
-2.8pp
vs the national average of 71.4%
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta MOT pass rate by year
Takeaway: the Alfa Romeo Giulietta’s pass rate has declined over the period (best year 2019 at 74.7%). Buying used? Budget for pre-MOT checks — brakes, suspension and tyres are the usual culprits.
First-time pass rate among class 4 normal tests. National average 71.4% (2023).
Reading the Alfa Romeo Giulietta’s numbers
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta fails its MOT first time more often than the average UK car — 68.6% pass against 71.4% nationally, across 26,304 real tests. Budget for pre-MOT checks, particularly on older examples. Pass rates reflect the age and upkeep of the cars tested as well as the design — an older fleet drags a model’s rate down.
Full methodology, source files and downloadable data: how we build these numbers. Compare every model on the MOT pass-rate table and the safety grades table.
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