MG ZT VS Alfa Romeo 159

Guy at work's father has/had an MG ZT, it was incredibly unreliable, even worse than his sons TVR. Major mechanical maladies time after time

The 75 had a good chassis though, it's just the body was trying to recreate in spirit a car which should have been left to rest in respectable piece.

Originally Posted by howell811

Only problem is getting panels if you bump one !!! Mate of mine had an accident, took 3 months to get the parts.

I've been thinking that...
The factory has been shut some years ago so who makes the spare parts?

Originally Posted by cul

I've been thinking that...
The factory has been shut some years ago so who makes the spare parts?

Good question....in 2001 the spare parts business was transferred from Unipart to Caterpillar logistics. It was worth £250Million a year then. Looking at the caterpillar website there is no reference to Rover at all, so where are all the spares??

Well Rimmer brother in Lincoln have a pretty full catalogue so thats a start, but apart from that I don't know.

AlfaLincs

I'm not buying, but I spotted what could be a bargain in the local paper.

"MGZT 05/54 1.8Turbo 160bhp Silver, demo plus 1 owner FSH, half leather,aircon,e/w alloys, (all the toys) etc.etc. 6,000 miles from new, £7,495"

Thats a hell of a lot of nearly new car for not very much..but I'd want a damn good warranty with that motor though as there are a few issues with it, but no worse than the cam belt issue on 156/147.

AlfaLincs

Originally Posted by VeloceMitch

Guy at work's father has/had an MG ZT, it was incredibly unreliable, even worse than his sons TVR. Major mechanical maladies time after time

It's why we likes them..!


Ralf S.

A bloke I work with has a MG ZS 180 and he is having nothing but trouble with it as well.

I have two colleagues with them, one has just had the Dual mass flywheel,clutch and slave cyl done at 94,000 miles. No other problems on his diesel ZT,

The other has a ZS 2 litre V6 which is his pride and joy (its one of the last, and he keeps it immaculate). His previous two cars were a Subaru Impreza...and an Alfa Romeo 155 2.0. He thinks the MG is the 'nicest' car of the lot, fast, good handling and very refined. He's had no trouble either.

If you look at all the J.D. surveys you will find they have historically had a better record than Alfa, but like any car they have certain 'known' weaknesses you need to be aware of. But any Alfa owner advising someone not to buy an MG for reliability reasons is on pretty shaky ground,cos we know Alfas are not unreliable...don't we!!

AlfaLincs