2014 FORD S-MAX — £8,992 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 30 April 2026 | Great Barford, Bedford
£8,992
86,000 miles | Diesel | Manual | MPV
Listing Quality
85/100
Good
vs Market Average
+10%
Above Market
Value Retention
25/100
Steep Depreciation
Our Verdict
85 /100

This 2014 FORD S-MAX is listed at £8,992 by Affordable Car Centre in Great Barford. It has 86,000 miles on the clock. At 10% above the market average of £8,175, this is priced on the higher side compared to 18 similar listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £3,001/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2014
Make FORD
Model S-MAX
Body Style MPV
Colour Grey
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 86,000 miles
Engine 2.2L
Seats 7
CO2 174 g/km
Euro Status Euro 5
ULEZ Compliant Non Compliant
Power 197 BHP
Torque 310 lbs/ft
Top Speed 137 mph
0-60 mph 8.6s
Cylinders 4
Gears 6
Combined MPG 42.8 mpg
Urban MPG 34.5 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 49.6 mpg
Length 4768mm
Width 2154mm
Height 1658mm
Wheelbase 2850mm
Kerb Weight 1734 kg
All Features & Equipment (62)
Top speed137 mph0 to 608.6 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)310Engine power (BHP)197Extra Urban (mpg)49.6Urban (mpg)34.5Combined (mpg)42.8Cylinders - bore (mm)85TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)96CC2,179Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)174NOx (mg/km)0Standard Euro emissionsEuro 5Ultra Low Emission ZoneNon CompliantAir Conditioning - Dual Zone Electronic Automatic Temperature ControlAluminium PedalsAutomatic Dimming Rear View MirrorAutomatic Rain Sensing WipersCentre Console - Overhead Short with Stowage Bin and Sunglasses HolderDrivers Seat Lumbar SupportFord Power Engine Start-Stop ButtonFront Seat - Driver Electric Height AdjustmentGear Knob - LeatherLoad Compartment - Tie Down HooksRear Seats - 2nd Row Easy Entry Tip and Slide SystemSeats - Front SportsSteering Column - Rake and Reach AdjustmentSteering Wheel - MultifunctionSteering Wheel - Soft Feel Leather-trimmedSun Blinds - PowerTonneau Cover18in Alloy Wheels - 5 SpokeBody Colour Exterior MirrorsDoor Mirrors - Electrically Operated and HeatedDoor Mirrors - Puddle LightsDoor Mirrors with Integrated IndicatorsElectric Windows - Front and Rear with One Touch DriversHoneycomb Design 3-piece Lower Front Grille Insert in High-Gloss BlackPanorama RoofRear SpoilerSolar Reflect WindscreenWindscreen - Heated with Heated Washer JetsHeight1658mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4768mmWheelbase2850mmWidth2154mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats7Fuel tank capacity70 litresGross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1734 kg
Above MarketListed at £8,992 vs market average of £8,175 (+10%)
Market Low
£4,499
Market Average
£8,175
Market High
£11,899
Comparables
18 listings

Based on 18 comparable FORD S-MAX listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£1,067/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£967/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Steep Depreciation
£3,001/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £7,446 (+£1,546)
Mileage-predicted: £8,897 (+£95)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-2,034/yr | 10k mi/yr £-3,001/yr | 15k mi/yr £-3,967/yr

Based on 49 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
22 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
62 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
£8,992
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
22 photos
5/5
Key selling points
62 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
2014 Ford S-Max 2.2 TDCI Titanium X Sport Euro 5 5
4/4
Meta description
2014 Ford S-Max Titanium X Sport, Manual, In Grey....
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
95% of 38 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
7479 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.

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About the Dealer

Affordable Car Centre

Great Barford, Bedford MK44 3LH