2016 SKODA OCTAVIA — £18,380 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 29 April 2026 | Colchester
£18,380
31,000 miles | Petrol | Manual
Listing Quality
87/100
Good
vs Market Average
+53%
Above Market
Value Retention
25/100
Steep Depreciation
Our Verdict
87 /100

This 2016 SKODA OCTAVIA is listed at £18,380 by Velvis Cars in Colchester. It has 31,000 miles on the clock. At 53% above the market average of £11,987, this is priced on the higher side compared to 4 similar listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £3,493/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2016
Make SKODA
Model OCTAVIA
Colour Red
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 31,000 miles
Engine 1.39L
Seats 5
CO2 119 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Power 148 BHP
Torque 184 lbs/ft
Top Speed 134 mph
0-60 mph 7.9s
Cylinders 4
Gears 6
Combined MPG 55.4 mpg
Urban MPG 42.8 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 65.7 mpg
Length 4659mm
Width 2017mm
Height 1495mm
Wheelbase 2686mm
Kerb Weight 1202 kg
All Features & Equipment (86)
Rio Red £555Total value of factory fitted extras £555Top speed134 mph0 to 607.9 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)184Engine power (BHP)148Extra Urban (mpg)65.7Urban (mpg)42.8Combined (mpg)55.4Cylinders - bore (mm)74TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)80CC1,395Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)119Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliant3 Spoke Leather Steering WheelAero Windscreen Wipers with Intermittent FunctionAir Re-Circulation with Pollen FilterArmrest - FrontDoor Handles - Interior in ChromeDrivers Vanity MirrorDual-Zone Air Conditioning with Humidity Sensor and ControlEnergy RecoveryGlasses Storage CompartmentGlovebox - IlluminatedHead Restraints - Height Adjustable Front and RearHeight Adjustable Passenger Seat and Lumbar Support for Front SeatsHeight and Reach Adjustable Steering WheelIlluminated Luggage CompartmentInterior Light with Door Pillar SwitchesLuggage Compartment - Lashing EyeletsRear Backrest ReleaseSplit and Folding Rear SeatsStorage - Pockets on Rear of Front SeatsVanity Mirrors - Passenger16in Alloy Wheels - IliasBody Coloured Bumpers and Protective Side MouldingsBody Coloured Door Mirrors and Door HandlesElectric Windows - FrontElectric Windows - RearElectrically Adjustable and Heated Door MirrorsRear MudflapsRoof RailsTinted GlassTyre Repair KitAcoustic Parking Sensors - RearAirbags - Driver KneeAirbags - Passenger Deactivation SwitchAlarm with Interior Monitoring and Tilt SensorAutomatic Fuel Supply Cut-Off in Case of AccidentAutomatic Post Collision Braking SystemDriver Alert with Fatigue SensorDriver and Passenger Front and Side AirbagsDrivers Seatbelt Warning LightDriving Mode SelectionElectronic Engine ImmobiliserESC incl ABS-EBV-MSR-ASR-EDS-HBA-DSRGear Change RecommendationHead & Curtain AirbagsHHC - Hill Hold ControlOutdoor Temperature GaugeRear Window WiperRemote Central Door LockingTPMS - Tyre Pressure Monitoring SystemTrip Computer - Maxi-DotTwo ISOFIX Child Seat Fittings in RearXDS Advance Stability ControlHeight1495mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4659mmWheelbase2686mmWidth2017mmWidth 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 weight1202 kg
Above MarketListed at £18,380 vs market average of £11,987 (+53%)
Market Low
£9,199
Market Average
£11,987
Market High
£14,991
Comparables
4 listings

Based on 4 comparable SKODA OCTAVIA listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£633/year
Mileage Impact
Steep Depreciation
£1,430/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Steep Depreciation
£3,493/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £9,700 (+£8,680)
Mileage-predicted: £16,024 (+£2,356)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-2,063/yr | 10k mi/yr £-3,493/yr | 15k mi/yr £-4,922/yr

Based on 135 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

87
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?
24/25Good
Photos
46 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
86 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
21 specs provided (incl. 14 extended)
6/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
21/25Good
Clear pricing
£18,380
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
46 photos
5/5
Key selling points
86 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
21 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Skoda Octavia 1.4 TSI SE Estate 5dr Petrol Manual
4/4
Meta description
2016 Skoda Octavia Se, Manual, In Red. 2 Owners✅Ne...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
97% of 61 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
7154 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

Velvis Cars

Colchester CO6 3DN