2016 VOLVO V40 — £7,650 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 24 April 2026 | Portadown, Craigavon
£7,650
85,590 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
82/100
Good
vs Market Average
-15%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
82 /100

This 2016 VOLVO V40 is listed at £7,650 by Ratcliffe Car Sales Ltd in Portadown. It has 85,590 miles on the clock. At 15% below the market average of £9,048, this looks competitively priced based on 34 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,553/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2016
Make VOLVO
Model V40
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Black
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 85,590 miles
Engine 2L
All Features & Equipment (100)
Onyx Black £550Rain Sensor £155Winter Pack £500Total value of factory fitted extras £1,205Top speed118 mph0 to 609.2 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)162Engine power (BHP)120Extra Urban (mpg)62.8Urban (mpg)38.7Combined (mpg)51.4Cylinders - bore (mm)82TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)93CC1,969Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)127NOx (mg/km)0Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantA-Pillar Parking Ticket HolderArmrest - Front Centre with StorageArmrest - Front/SlidingArmrest - Rear CentreCharcoal HeadliningClimate Control - ElectronicCupholders - FrontCupholders - RearDashboard - CharcoalFloor Mats - Sports (R-Design)Front Footwell LightingFront Reading - Footwell and Theatre LightsFront Reading LightsHeight and Reach Adjustable Steering ColumnIlluminated Gear KnobMulticolour Theatre LightingPollen FilterR-Design Aluminium TrimSeats - Front Height AdjustmentSports Pedals - Aluminium (R-Design)Steering Wheel - Leather/Sports (R-Design) with LogoSteering Wheel Remote Audio ControlsVersatile Split Folding Rear Seats - 60-4017in Alloy Wheels - Ixion Matt BlackChrome Window TrimDoor Mirrors - Body ColouredDoor Mirrors - Power Folding with Ground LightsDoor Mirrors - Silver Matt (R-Design)Electric Windows - Front and RearExhaust Pipes - Twin (R-Design)Locking Wheel NutsRoof SpoilerSide Marker IlluminationTyre Sealant Kit and CompressorHeight1420mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4369mmWheelbase2647mmWidth1802mmWidth 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 weight1417 kg8in Active TFT Crystal Drivers Instrument DisplayABS - Anti-Lock Brake SystemAdaptive Brake LightsAdvanced Stability Control and Torque VectoringAirbags - Drivers Dual StageAirbags - Dual Chamber SIPSAirbags - Passenger Dual StageAnti-Theft AlarmCentral Locking - RemoteCity SafetyDeadlock SystemDriver Knee AirbagDynamic Stability ControlEBA - Emergency Brake AssistanceHill Start AssistIC - Inflatable CurtainsIDIS - Intelligent Driver Information SystemImmobiliserInformation CentreISOFIX Child Seat Preparation - RearLevel SensorPassenger Airbag Cut-Off SwitchPedestrian Airbag TechnologySIPS - Side Impact Protection SystemTraction ControlTyre Pressure Monitoring SystemVolume SensorWarning TriangleWHIPS - Whiplash Protection System - Front Seats
Below MarketListed at £7,650 vs market average of £9,048 (-15%)
Market Low
£5,250
Market Average
£9,048
Market High
£42,000
Comparables
34 listings

Based on 34 comparable VOLVO V40 listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£706/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£423/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£1,553/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £10,701 (£-3,051)
Mileage-predicted: £8,326 (£-676)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,130/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,553/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,976/yr

Based on 97 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

82
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?
23/25Good
Photos
21 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
100 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
6 specs provided
5/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
19/25Good
Clear pricing
£7,650
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
21 photos
5/5
Key selling points
100 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
6 specs provided
2/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Volvo V40 2.0 T2 R-Design Hatchback 5dr Petrol Man
4/4
Meta description
2016 Volvo V40 R-Design, Manual, In Black.....
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
95% of 44 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?
18/25Good
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
Generic div/span markup — harder for AI to parse
1/4
Content depth
10011 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

Ratcliffe Car Sales Ltd

Portadown, Craigavon BT62 3SB