Alpha (156) - Deserved reputation?

Scottland · 27 Jan 2006 at 10:14

Alfa (156) - Deserved reputation?

I've heard people say, and have been given the impression from people, that Alfa's are a bit unreliable.

Do they in general, and specifically the 156/JTD deserve this reputation?

We're talking about MY2000+ cars here.

Going from Pug to Alfa, whold this in your opinion be a case of out of the frying pan into the fire?

I'd appreciate your thoughts, cheers.

Scottland · 27 Jan 2006 at 10:33

Rotty said:
No personal experience but Alfas were the only make of car to be banned from our company car scheme , this apparanlty was beacuase of reliability issues

Cheers, HonestJohn website seems to like the car but details reliablity issues in JD Power surveys and the like. Looks like the same kettle of fish as with French cars

Scottland · 27 Jan 2006 at 10:49

burbleflop said:
My head would love me to buy an Alfa (I had the change to buy a 3l v6 166 a few weeks back) but my head won't let it.

You've got 2 heads?

Lets put this into perspective, would anyone buy a post 2000 156 2.4JTD (140bhp) for £3500-£4000. Leather, Climate, Cruise etc

Scottland · 27 Jan 2006 at 10:58

I think you're right. I think Oracle has hit the nail on the head, they tick all the boxes so you brush any "issues" under the carpet because of this, forgetting the stats which suggest they're unreliable nature.

Scottland · 27 Jan 2006 at 11:26

Something like this from what I can see.

Realistically, at this price range competing with the Alfa's are 75's, SAAB's, Toledo's, Octavia's. These are all roughly the same Age/Price/Spec