2012 KIA CEED — £3,285 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 6 May 2026 | Bury
£3,285
85,000 miles | Diesel | Automatic | Estate
Listing Quality
82/100
Good
vs Market Average
-29%
Below Market
Value Retention
25/100
Steep Depreciation
Our Verdict
82 /100

This 2012 KIA CEED is listed at £3,285 by Elite vehicle sales in Bury. It has 85,000 miles on the clock. At 29% below the market average of £4,630, this looks competitively priced based on 7 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £3,065/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2012
Make KIA
Model CEED
Body Style Estate
Colour Silver
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 85,000 miles
Engine 1.6L
All Features & Equipment (106)
Top speed112 mph0 to 6012.3 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)188Engine power (BHP)113Extra Urban (mpg)55.4Urban (mpg)39.8Combined (mpg)48.7Cylinders - bore (mm)77TransmissionAutomaticNumber of gears4Cylinders - stroke (mm)84CC1,582Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)154Standard Euro emissionsEuro 5Ultra Low Emission ZoneNon Compliant3 x Passenger Assist Grips60-40 Split Folding 2nd Row SeatsAir Conditioning - Dual Automatic Climate ControlAir FilterAll-Round Height Adjustable HeadrestsArmrest - Centre Console with StorageBlack High Gloss Interior Door StripsCentre Cabin LightCentre Console CupholdersCentre Fascia - Black High GlossCoat Hooks - RearCupholders - RearDash Illumination Dimmer Switch - RheostatDoor Map Pockets - Front and RearFront Cabin Map Light with Sunglasses CaseFront Centre Console ArmrestFront Seatback PocketsGlovebox - CooledHead Rests - Front ActiveLeather Trimmed Gear ShiftLeather Trimmed Parking Brake and Front ArmrestLeather Trimmed Steering WheelLuggage Area LightLuggage Compartment - Load CoverLuggage Under Floor BoxMetallic Finish Interior Door HandlesPedals - AlloySeats - Front Height AdjustmentSeats - Front Lumbar SupportSteering Wheel Mounted Audio ControlsSunvisors with Vanity MirrorsTilt and Telescopic Steering Wheel AdjustmentVanity Mirror Illumination17in Alloy Wheels - 5 Spoke Hyper SilverBlack Bezel HeadlightsBody Coloured BumpersBody Coloured Door MirrorsBody Coloured Exterior Door HandlesElectric Windows - Front and Rear with Auto Up-Down FunctionElectrically Adjustable Door MirrorsFront Grille - Sports Black High GlossHeated Door MirrorsHeated Rear WindowLocking Wheel NutsRoof RailsScuff Plates - AluminiumSilver roof railsTemporary Spare WheelTinted GlassHeight1525mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4490mmWheelbase2650mmWidth1790mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats5Gross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1426 kgABS - Anti Lock Braking SystemAirbags - DriverAirbags - Front SideAirbags - PassengerAirbags - Twin Full Length CurtainAlarm SystemBAS - Brake Assist SystemCruise ControlDeadlocksEBD - Electronic Brakeforce DistributionESC - Electronic Stability ControlEngine ImmobiliserExternal Temperature DisplayFront Passenger Airbag Cut Off SwitchHill-Start Assist Control - HACISOFIX Child Seat Top Tethers and Anchor FixingsImpact Sensing Auto Door UnlockingInterior Door Lock-Unlock FunctionLow Level Washer Fluid WarningRear Parking SensorsRemote Central Locking with Folding KeySeatbelt Reminder WarningSpeed Sensing Auto Door LockingTrip ComputerVSM - Vehicle Stability Management
Below MarketListed at £3,285 vs market average of £4,630 (-29%)
Market Low
£2,450
Market Average
£4,630
Market High
£7,490
Comparables
7 listings

Based on 7 comparable KIA CEED listings.

Age Depreciation
Holding Value
£431/year
Mileage Impact
Steep Depreciation
£1,317/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Steep Depreciation
£3,065/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £4,654 (£-1,369)
Mileage-predicted: £7,153 (£-3,868)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,748/yr | 10k mi/yr £-3,065/yr | 15k mi/yr £-4,382/yr

Based on 148 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

82
Overall Listing Quality
Good — this listing is well-presented and informative.
Information & Buyer Appeal
Does this listing give buyers enough information to make a decision?
23/25Good
Photos
42 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
106 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
6 specs provided
5/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
19/25Good
Clear pricing
£3,285
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
42 photos
5/5
Key selling points
106 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
6 specs provided
2/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Kia Ceed 1.6 CRDI 3 Sports Wagon 5dr Diesel Auto E
4/4
Meta description
2012 Kia Ceed 3, Automatic, In Silver. Kia Ceed....
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
98% of 86 images have alt text
3/3
Clean URL structure
SEO-friendly URL
3/3
Heading structure
1 H1 tag(s)
3/3
Indexability
Page is indexable
2/2
AI Discoverability
How findable is this listing by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and other AI search engines?
18/25Good
Schema.org Vehicle markup
Vehicle/Car structured data found
6/6
Static HTML content
Vehicle data present in static HTML
5/5
Semantic HTML structure
Generic div/span markup — harder for AI to parse
1/4
Content depth
6965 words of text content
4/4
AI crawler access
Cloudflare detected — may block GPTBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot
0/3
Bot-friendly
Assumed accessible — robots.txt not checked
2/3
How our review page compares
This Car-Search.ai listing review page scores 95+/100 on all four categories. It includes Schema.org Vehicle + Review structured data, semantic HTML, per-page meta descriptions, Open Graph tags, canonical URLs, static HTML rendering, market analysis, depreciation vectors, and rich narrative content — fully accessible to Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and all AI search engines.

Independent review — we are not affiliated with the dealer.

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About the Dealer

Elite vehicle sales

Bury BL8 1AF