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CarsLore / Compare / Compact cars / 147 vs Clio

Alfa Romeo 147 vs Renault Clio

compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 2 like-for-like measures: the Alfa Romeo 147 leads on 1, the Renault Clio on 1.

Where each one leads

Alfa Romeo 147

  • Against cars of the same age, the Alfa Romeo 147 comes out better at its first MOT test (passes 3% less often than average) than the Renault Clio (passes 17% less often than average).

Renault Clio

  • Fewer Renault Clio cars in the Netherlands carry an illogical odometer record (2.7% against 3.9%).

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

Alfa Romeo 147Renault Clio
New cars registered in Europe5,887 (2010–2020)3,798,966 (2010–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom1,138334,764
On the road in the Netherlands2,386168,507
In traffic in Finland19616,127

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

Alfa Romeo 147Renault Clio
UK MOT first-time pass rate55%57%
… against cars of the same age−3%−17%
Illogical odometer records (NL)3.9%2.7%

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Fuel, emissions and price

Alfa Romeo 147Renault Clio
Real-world use in Europe, petrol—6.5 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, petrol hybrid—5.2 l/100 km
Real-world use in Europe, diesel—4.9 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe—113 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe88 kW (118 hp)68 kW (92 hp)
Average mass in running order1,830 kg1,214 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€24,195€19,550
Average odometer in Finland183,000 km120,000 km

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).