Where each one leads
Alfa Romeo Spider
- Against cars of the same year, the Alfa Romeo Spider comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 71% less often than average) than the Cadillac Eldorado (fails 26% less often than average).
Cadillac Eldorado
Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.
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 Spider | Cadillac Eldorado | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 1981–1992 | 1981–2002 |
| New cars registered in Europe | 1,556 (2010–2021) | — |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 2,628 | — |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 3,371 | 300 |
| In traffic in Finland | 130 | 189 |
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 Spider | Cadillac Eldorado | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | 68% | — |
| … against cars of the same age | +13% | — |
| New York safety inspections failed | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| … against cars of the same year | −71% | −26% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 16.3% | — |
| US owner complaints | 4 | 204 |
| Most complaints about | Wheels | Fuel system, gasoline |
| Model year with most complaints | 1987 (2) | 1996 (31) |
| US recall campaigns | 4 | 23 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | — | 1,320 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | — | 25 |
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 Spider | Cadillac Eldorado | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | — | 12.5 l/100 km (2002) |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | 90 kW (121 hp) | — |
| Average mass in running order | 1,110 kg | — |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | €46,257 | — |
| Average odometer in Finland | 118,000 km | 83,000 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).