2013 CITROEN DS3 — £3,000 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 16 April 2026 | Preston
£3,000
64,000 miles | Diesel | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
92/100
Good
vs Market Average
-19%
Below Market
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
92 /100

This 2013 CITROEN DS3 is listed at £3,000 by KIRKHAM PART EXCHANGE CENTRE LTD in Preston. It has 64,000 miles on the clock. At 19% below the market average of £3,722, this looks competitively priced based on 6 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £588/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2013
Make CITROEN
Model DS3
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Red
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 64,000 miles
Engine 1.6L
Seats 5
CO2 98 g/km
Euro Status Euro 5
ULEZ Compliant Non Compliant
Monthly Payment £88.5/mo
Power 91 BHP
Torque 170 lbs/ft
Top Speed 113 mph
0-60 mph 12.5s
Cylinders 4
Gears 5
Combined MPG 78.5 mpg
Urban MPG 65.7 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 85.6 mpg
Length 3948mm
Width 1715mm
Height 1483mm
Wheelbase 2464mm
Kerb Weight 1085 kg
All Features & Equipment (90)
Top speed113 mph0 to 6012.5 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)170Engine power (BHP)91Extra Urban (mpg)85.6Urban (mpg)65.7Combined (mpg)78.5Cylinders - bore (mm)75TransmissionManualNumber of gears5Cylinders - stroke (mm)88CC1,560Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)98Standard Euro emissionsEuro 5Ultra Low Emission ZoneNon CompliantAir ConditioningAir Conditioning - Automatic-DigitalArmrest - Front CentreAuto-Dimming Electrochrome Rear View MirrorBlack Panel Night-time Instrument LightingBottle HolderCity Signature PackCourtesy Reading Lights - FrontDashboard - Shiny BlackDoor Sill Protector - ChromeGloss Black Centre ConsoleGloss Black Kit - Gloss Black Dashboard with Black Gear KnobHeight and Reach Adjustable Steering WheelHeight-Adjustable Driver SeatInterior Mood LightingLashing Eyes in the BootLuggage Compartment - LightingPlus PackRain Sensing Automatic Front Windscreen WipersRear Head RestraintsScented Air FreshenerSeats - 1-3 - 2-3 Split Folding RearSteering Wheel - Leather with Chrome Effect InsertsSteering Wheel Mounted ControlsStorage - Front Door PocketsStorage - Front Seat Back PocketsStorage - Rear Door PocketsSunvisors - Front with Covered/Illuminated MirrorUpper Dashboard - Soft-Touch Effect17in Alloy Wheels - Bellone BlackChrome Front Grille SurroundContrasting Body-Roof ColourDark Tinted Rear WindowsDoor Handles - ChromeDoor Mirrors - Electrically Adjustable-Heated-FoldingElectric Windows - Front with One-touch Operation on Drivers SideFront Fog Lights - Chrome SurroundLED SignatureMatching Body-Roof ColourPuncture Repair KitRoof Colour Painted Door Mirrors with Chrome BaseSide Rubbing Strips - ChromeABS - Anti-Lock Braking SystemAirbags - DriverAutomatic Activation of Hazard Warning LightsAutomatic Door and Boot Locking when in MotionCruise ControlCurtain AirbagsEBFD - Electronic Brakeforce DistributionElectronic Stability ControlEmergency Brake AssistanceExterior Temperature DisplayFront Lateral AirbagsFront Passenger AirbagGEI - Gear Efficiency IndicatorISOFIX - Child Seat Anchorage Points - Outer RearMulti-Function On-Board Trip ComputerRear Parking SensorsRemote Central Locking with DeadlocksSeat Belt Unfastened Warning - DriverHeight1483mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength3948mmWheelbase2464mmWidth1715mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats5Gross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1085 kg
Below MarketListed at £3,000 vs market average of £3,722 (-19%)
Market Low
£2,700
Market Average
£3,722
Market High
£4,999
Comparables
6 listings

Based on 6 comparable CITROEN DS3 listings.

Age Depreciation
Holding Value
£121/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£354/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£588/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £3,119 (£-119)
Mileage-predicted: £3,674 (£-674)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-233/yr | 10k mi/yr £-588/yr | 15k mi/yr £-942/yr

Based on 14 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
32 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
90 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
£3,000
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£88.5/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
32 photos
5/5
Key selling points
90 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
Citroen DS3 1.6 E-HDI Airdream DStyle Plus Hatchba
4/4
Meta description
2013 Citroen DS3 DStyle Plus, Manual, In Red. GENU...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
94% of 48 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
8340 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

KIRKHAM PART EXCHANGE CENTRE LTD

Preston PR4 2RE