2012 VOLKSWAGEN UP! — £2,200 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 6 May 2026 | Preston
£2,200
101,032 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
92/100
Good
vs Market Average
-36%
Below Market
Value Retention
80/100
Holding Value
Our Verdict
92 /100

This 2012 VOLKSWAGEN UP! is listed at £2,200 by KIRKHAM PART EXCHANGE CENTRE LTD in Preston. It has 101,032 miles on the clock. At 36% below the market average of £3,412, this looks competitively priced based on 7 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £422/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2012
Make VOLKSWAGEN
Model UP!
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Red
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 101,032 miles
Engine 1L
Seats 4
CO2 105 g/km
Euro Status Euro 5
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £64.9/mo
Power 59 BHP
Torque 70 lbs/ft
Top Speed 99 mph
0-60 mph 14.4s
Cylinders 3
Gears 5
Combined MPG 62.8 mpg
Urban MPG 50.4 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 72.4 mpg
Length 3540mm
Width 1910mm
Height 1489mm
Wheelbase 2420mm
Kerb Weight 929 kg
All Features & Equipment (72)
Top speed99 mph0 to 6014.4 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)70Engine power (BHP)59Extra Urban (mpg)72.4Urban (mpg)50.4Combined (mpg)62.8Cylinders - bore (mm)74TransmissionManualNumber of gears5Cylinders - stroke (mm)76CC999Cylinders3CO2 (g/km)105Standard Euro emissionsEuro 5Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantBlack Interior Door HandlesCup Holders - Front and RearDrivers Sun Visor with Ticket HolderFront Passengers Sun VisorGloveboxHBA - Hydraulic Brake AssistHead Restraints - Front IntegratedHeating and Ventilation System with 4 Speed FanHeight Adjustable Steering WheelHigh Gloss Black Air Vent SurroundsHigh Gloss Black Handbrake ButtonInstrument Lighting - White Adjustable Panel IlluminationInterior Light DelayLuggage Compartment CoverOne Touch IndicatorRear Head Restraints x 2 - Height-AdjustableStorage Compartments in Front DoorsThree-Spoke Steering WheelTool KitTwo Rear Seats with One-Piece Folding BackrestWindscreen Wipers with Intermittent Wipe and 4 Position Delay14in Steel WheelsBlack Door MirrorsBody Coloured BumpersDoor Handles - BlackFull Size Wheel TrimsHeadlights - Beam RegulatorHeated Rear WindowTinted Glass - Heat InsulatingTyre Mobility KitABS - Anti-Lock Braking SystemAirbags - DriverAirbags - Front PassengerAirbags - Side Head and Thorax for Front PassengerDigital ClockElectronic Engine ImmobiliserISOFIX Child Seat Preparation for 2 Rear SeatsRear Wash Wipe with Intermittent WipeSeatbelt ReminderTrip ComputerHeight1489mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength3540mmWheelbase2420mmWidth1910mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats4Gross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight929 kg
Below MarketListed at £2,200 vs market average of £3,412 (-36%)
Market Low
£2,449
Market Average
£3,412
Market High
£3,995
Comparables
7 listings

Based on 7 comparable VOLKSWAGEN UP! listings.

Age Depreciation
Holding Value
£389/year
Mileage Impact
Holding Value
£17/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Holding Value
£422/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £4,385 (£-2,185)
Mileage-predicted: £4,108 (£-1,908)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-406/yr | 10k mi/yr £-422/yr | 15k mi/yr £-439/yr

Based on 67 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

92
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
72 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?
25/25Good
Clear pricing
£2,200
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£64.9/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
35 photos
5/5
Key selling points
72 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
Volkswagen Up! 1.0 Take Up! Hatchback 3dr Petrol M
4/4
Meta description
2012 Volkswagen Up! Take Up!, Manual, In Red. FULL...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
94% of 51 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?
20/25Good
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
Spec data in structured elements
3/4
Content depth
8220 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
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About the Dealer

KIRKHAM PART EXCHANGE CENTRE LTD

Preston PR4 2RE