2016 AUDI A3 — £8,995 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 5 April 2026 | Tooting Bec, London
£8,995
87,000 miles | Automatic | Hatchback
Listing Quality
89/100
Good
vs Market Average
-13%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
89 /100

This 2016 AUDI A3 is listed at £8,995 by Balham Cars London Ltd in Tooting Bec. It has 87,000 miles on the clock. At 13% below the market average of £10,358, this looks competitively priced based on 101 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,518/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2016
Make AUDI
Model A3
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Blue
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 87,000 miles
Engine 1.39L
Seats 5
CO2 38 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £180.87/mo
Power 201 BHP
Torque 258 lbs/ft
Top Speed 138 mph
0-60 mph 7.6s
Cylinders 4
Gears 6
Combined MPG 166.2 mpg
Length 4311mm
Width 1966mm
Height 1426mm
Wheelbase 2630mm
Kerb Weight 1540 kg
All Features & Equipment (72)
Top speed138 mph0 to 607.6 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)258Engine power (BHP)201Combined (mpg)166.2Cylinders - bore (mm)74TransmissionAutomaticNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)80CC1,395Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)38NOx (mg/km)0Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAluminium Interior ElementsDoor Sill Trims - Aluminium with e-tron LogoDual-Zone Electronic Climate ControlFront and Rear Floor MatsFront Centre ArmrestInlays - Aluminium Mistral SilverInterior LightingLuggage Compartment - Lashing Points x4Manual Front Seat AdjustmentNon-Smoking PackagePollen FilterSeats - Split Folding Rear - 60-40Steering Wheel - 3-Spoke Leather - Multi-function - Sports - Shift PaddlesStorage Compartments in the Door Side Trims-Centre Console-Under Drivers SeatTool Kit and Jack17in Alloy Wheels - 15 Spoke Turbine Design with Diamond Cut FinishAluminium Window TrimsAnti Theft Locking Wheel BoltsBody Coloured Door MirrorsDoor Mirrors - Electrically Adjustable and HeatedElectric Windows - Front and RearRoof Spoiler - Painted in Body Colour with Aerodynamic Inserts in High-Gloss Black at the SideTyre Repair Kit6-Airbag System with Knee Airbag for DriverAdvanced KeyAnti-Theft AlarmAudi Active Lane AssistAudi Drive SelectAudi Pre-Sense FrontColour Drivers Information System - DISCruise ControlElectromechanical Parking BrakeESC - Electronic Stabilisation Control inc ABS - ASR and EDLFirst Aid KitImmobiliserISOFIX Child Seat Mounting and Top Tether for Front Passenger and Outer Rear SeatsRear Parking SensorsSeat Belt MonitoringTyre Pressure Monitoring SystemVoice ControlWarning TriangleHeight1426mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4311mmWheelbase2630mmWidth1966mmWidth 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 weight1540 kg
Below MarketListed at £8,995 vs market average of £10,358 (-13%)
Market Low
£6,399
Market Average
£10,358
Market High
£22,995
Comparables
101 listings

Based on 101 comparable AUDI A3 listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£752/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£383/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£1,518/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £11,470 (£-2,475)
Mileage-predicted: £11,927 (£-2,932)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,135/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,518/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,900/yr

Based on 408 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

89
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?
22/25Good
Photos
13 photos
8/10
Features & key selling points
72 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
19 specs provided (incl. 12 extended)
6/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
25/25Good
Clear pricing
£8,995
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£180.87/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
13 photos
5/5
Key selling points
72 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
19 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Audi A3 Autoamtic 1.4 Tfsi E-Tron Sportback 5dr Pe
4/4
Meta description
2016 Audi A3 E-Tron, Automatic, In Blue. NEW STOCK...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
93% of 27 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
6820 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

Balham Cars London Ltd

Tooting Bec, London SW17 7AA