2012 Mercedes-Benz C CLASS — £21,750 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 16 April 2026 | Litherland, Liverpool
£21,750
81,626 miles | Diesel | Manual | Saloon
Listing Quality
85/100
Good
vs Market Average
+165%
Above Market
Value Retention
25/100
Steep Depreciation
Our Verdict
85 /100

This 2012 Mercedes-Benz C CLASS is listed at £21,750 by Beech Garage Car Sales Ltd. in Litherland. It has 81,626 miles on the clock. At 165% above the market average of £8,223, this is priced on the higher side compared to 4 similar listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £4,240/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2012
Make Mercedes-Benz
Model C CLASS
Body Style Saloon
Colour Black
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 81,626 miles
Engine 2.1L
Seats 5
CO2 127 g/km
Euro Status Euro 5
ULEZ Compliant Non Compliant
Power 134 BHP
Torque 265 lbs/ft
Top Speed 135 mph
0-60 mph 9.2s
Cylinders 4
Gears 6
Combined MPG 57.7 mpg
Urban MPG 47.1 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 67.3 mpg
Length 4591mm
Width 2008mm
Height 1447mm
Wheelbase 2760mm
Kerb Weight 1565 kg
All Features & Equipment (32)
Top speed135 mph0 to 609.2 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)265Engine power (BHP)134Extra Urban (mpg)67.3Urban (mpg)47.1Combined (mpg)57.7Cylinders - bore (mm)83TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)99CC2,143Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)127Standard Euro emissionsEuro 5Ultra Low Emission ZoneNon CompliantHeight1447mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4591mmWheelbase2760mmWidth2008mmWidth 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 weight1565 kg
Above MarketListed at £21,750 vs market average of £8,223 (+165%)
Market Low
£4,995
Market Average
£8,223
Market High
£11,995
Comparables
4 listings

Based on 4 comparable Mercedes-Benz C CLASS listings.

Age Depreciation
Moderate Depreciation
£2,227/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£1,007/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Steep Depreciation
£4,240/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £15,751 (+£5,999)
Mileage-predicted: £14,686 (+£7,064)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-3,233/yr | 10k mi/yr £-4,240/yr | 15k mi/yr £-5,247/yr

Based on 84 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

85
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?
25/25Good
Photos
35 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
32 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
22 specs provided (incl. 14 extended)
7/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
21/25Good
Clear pricing
£21,750
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
35 photos
5/5
Key selling points
32 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
22 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Mercedes-Benz C Class 2.1 C200 CDI Blueefficiency
4/4
Meta description
2012 Mercedes-Benz C Class Executive Se, Manual, I...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
97% of 67 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?
17/25Average
Schema.org Vehicle markup
Vehicle/Car structured data found
6/6
Static HTML content
Some static content but may require JS for full data
2/5
Semantic HTML structure
Spec data in structured elements
3/4
Content depth
8824 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

Beech Garage Car Sales Ltd.

Litherland, Liverpool L21 2PA