Alfa Romeo 8C MOT reliability

Alfa Romeo 8Cs passed their MOT first time 87% of the time across 30 tests in 2025. 16 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 30 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

87%

MOTs analysed

30

Still licensed (GB)

16

Body type

Coupe

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2008 petrol

10 MOTs

These figures come from only 10 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 90%. Typical mileage 8,760 (most between 7,645 and 16,967).

2011: 92% → 2012: 100% → 2013: 92% → 2014: 87% → 2015: 92% → 2016: 87% → 2017: 79% → 2018: 91% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 90% → 2023: 73% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 90%

Most common failures

Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (10.0%)

Where 2008 8Cs fail

Lights & electrics

10.0%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.