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147
Alfa Romeo · on record 2000 to 2025
The Alfa Romeo 147 was a compact premium hatchback introduced as a more polished successor to the 145 and 146. Its distinctive cabin and styling brought Alfa into direct competition with upmarket European hatchbacks, while Twin Spark, diesel and GTA derivatives gave the range very different characters. The GTA in particular created lasting enthusiast interest, but ordinary 147s were bought and used as everyday family cars.
DECLINING
Red List classification, from population, five year trajectory and survival against peak. Reviewed each census.
1,138
licensed vehicles
2025 census
2025 census
4.3% of the peak fleet remains licensed
2,252
declared SORN
total surviving
peak 26,344 in 2008 · −476 vehicles a year, five year trend
Population history
Licensed and SORN vehicles at each census. The filters below apply to the family population, MOT and registration figures. They do not alter the generation history above.
Licensed
SORN
Latest census observation
At the average decline recorded over the latest five years, the licensed fleet would reach zero around 2027.
Illustrative projection only; vehicle populations rarely decline linearly. Late fleets typically flatten as surviving examples enter preservation.
Inside the surviving fleet
AutoCensus parses every DVLA variant description, so the fleet can be read by fuel and specification rather than as one number.
First registrations by year
When surviving examples first joined the British fleet.
New registrations
Vehicles first registered each year. A fleet still being sold shows here; a finished one shows only imports.
MOT reliability
DVSA test results for this family, 2005 to 2025.
Pass rate by year
| Failure reason | Failures | Share of all tests |
|---|---|---|
| The grooves of the tread pattern are not at least 1.6mm throughout a continuous band comprising the central three-quarters of the breadth of tread, and round the entire outer circumference of the tyre | 26,509 | 7.0% |
| An obligatory lamp inoperative or less than 50% of the light sources illuminating | 16,512 | 4.4% |
| Excessive wear in a pin and/or bush or pin/bearing, for example: 2mm for a 12mm diameter pin; 3mm for a 25mm diameter pin; 10% of the pin diameter for pins over 25mm diameter | 13,115 | 3.5% |
| A brake lining or pad insecure or less than 1.5mm thick at any point | 9,624 | 2.6% |
| The calculated parking brake efficiency is too low | 9,547 | 2.5% |
| The windscreen washers do not provide enough liquid to clear the windscreen in conjunction with the wiper(s) | 9,412 | 2.5% |
| A wiper blade insecure, missing or in such a condition that it does not clear the windscreen effectively to give the driver an adequate view of the road (through the windscreen) to the left and right sides of the vehicle, as well as to the front | 9,239 | 2.5% |
| An exhaust system not adequately supported | 6,743 | 1.8% |
Counted across every recorded test, 2005 to 2025. Advisories are excluded.
Where the 147 remains
Based on MOT test locations, 2025. Test location is a proxy: a vehicle is counted where it was last tested, not where it is kept.
| Postcode area | Vehicles tested | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| BS | 45 | 71% |
| BH | 43 | 74% |
| NR | 42 | 64% |
| RG | 38 | 71% |
| PO | 38 | 68% |
| NN | 37 | 59% |
| CT | 37 | 70% |
| LE | 37 | 78% |
| B | 36 | 72% |
| S | 36 | 75% |
| TN | 35 | 71% |
| PE | 34 | 71% |
| RH | 32 | 84% |
| EH | 29 | 59% |
| SS | 27 | 81% |
| BN | 26 | 58% |
| SL | 25 | 72% |
| BA | 25 | 60% |
| SN | 24 | 67% |
| CV | 24 | 67% |
| GU | 23 | 70% |
| MK | 23 | 78% |
| HP | 22 | 77% |
| WR | 21 | 57% |
| PL | 21 | 62% |
| ST | 21 | 71% |
| EX | 21 | 71% |
| ME | 21 | 86% |
| KT | 21 | 76% |
| CM | 20 | 75% |
| IP | 20 | 65% |
| NG | 20 | 70% |
| SG | 20 | 80% |
| CH | 19 | 58% |
| SA | 19 | 68% |
| GL | 19 | 74% |
| SE | 18 | 78% |
| CA | 18 | 56% |
| NW | 18 | 78% |
| OX | 17 | 65% |
| DA | 17 | 71% |
| CF | 17 | 82% |
| CW | 16 | 75% |
| DE | 16 | 81% |
| WV | 16 | 69% |
| SO | 16 | 75% |
| AL | 14 | 79% |
| SY | 14 | 64% |
| M | 14 | 64% |
| LN | 14 | 79% |
| SK | 14 | 71% |
| DT | 13 | 77% |
| PR | 13 | 69% |
| CB | 13 | 69% |
| EN | 13 | 62% |
| SP | 13 | 62% |
| NE | 13 | 77% |
| BB | 13 | 77% |
| HA | 13 | 92% |
| LL | 12 | 67% |
| LS | 12 | 67% |
| TW | 11 | 82% |
| WF | 11 | 73% |
| N | 11 | 82% |
| WA | 11 | 82% |
| TA | 11 | 73% |
| TQ | 11 | 73% |
| DN | 11 | 91% |
| NP | 11 | 64% |
| LA | 11 | 45% |
| YO | 10 | 80% |
| LU | 10 | 80% |
| SW | 10 | 80% |
| TS | 10 | 80% |
| CO | 10 | 60% |
| WD | 10 | 80% |
| HU | 9 | 67% |
| TR | 9 | 89% |
| BR | 8 | 75% |
| UB | 8 | 100% |
| L | 7 | 57% |
| CR | 7 | 86% |
| TF | 6 | 67% |
| WS | 6 | 83% |
| IG | 6 | 67% |
| AB | 6 | 50% |
| BD | 6 | 83% |
| W | 6 | 83% |
| DY | 6 | 83% |
| WN | 6 | 83% |
| HR | 5 | 60% |
| E | 5 | 80% |
| FY | 4 | 50% |
| IV | 4 | 50% |
| RM | 4 | 75% |
| BL | 4 | 50% |
| KY | 4 | 75% |
| DL | 4 | 100% |
| OL | 3 | 67% |
| HD | 3 | 67% |
| PA | 3 | 67% |
| FK | 3 | 67% |
| DD | 3 | 100% |
| HS | 2 | 50% |
| PH | 2 | 50% |
| G | 2 | 100% |
| TD | 2 | 50% |
| SM | 2 | 100% |
| ML | 2 | 100% |
| HG | 2 | 50% |
| DG | 1 | 100% |
| DH | 1 | 100% |
| HX | 1 | 100% |
| LD | 1 | 0% |
| KA | 1 | 100% |
How this record was calculated
LATEST CENSUS2025
POPULATION SOURCEDVLA VEH0220 annual
HISTORY SOURCEDVLA VEH0120 GB · to 2013
MOT SOURCEDVSA results · to 2025
FAMILY DEFINITIONALFA ROMEO 147
PROCESSED20 Sep 2026
Full methodology
Population history combines DVLA VEH0120 Q4 census observations through 2013 with the annual VEH0220 census from 2014 onward. Figures before 2014 cover Great Britain only. Historical VEH0120 is used only when its overlapping UK observations reconcile to the current canonical family definition. Vehicles are grouped into this family using the DVLA GenModel together with durable routing rules for known inconsistencies.
Variant figures are parsed from raw DVLA model descriptions and the original string is always retained. Configuration is only assigned where the model description explicitly identifies it; a blank configuration is not treated as a two door Wrangler. Blank transmission fields are shown as manual because DVLA records the field for automatic vehicles.
MOT figures count tests, not vehicles, and geographic figures count each vehicle at its most recent test location. The decline projection is a straight line fitted to the latest five years and is illustrative only.