2017 AUDI S3 — £24,449 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 21 April 2026 | Riverside Rd, Watford
£24,449
38,500 miles | Petrol | Automatic | Hatchback
Listing Quality
92/100
Good
vs Market Average
+4%
Fair Price
Value Retention
10/100
Very Steep Depreciation
Our Verdict
92 /100

This 2017 AUDI S3 is listed at £24,449 by Paragon Cars London in Riverside Rd. It has 38,500 miles on the clock. Priced in line with the market average of £23,501 based on 29 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £8,917/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2017
Make AUDI
Model S3
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Grey
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 38,500 miles
Engine 2L
Seats 5
CO2 150 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £452.02/mo
Power 306 BHP
Torque 295 lbs/ft
Top Speed 155 mph
0-60 mph 4.6s
Cylinders 4
Gears 7
Combined MPG 43.5 mpg
Urban MPG 34.4 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 51.4 mpg
Length 4322mm
Width 1966mm
Height 1404mm
Wheelbase 2631mm
Kerb Weight 1465 kg
Highlights
PANORAMIC GLASS SUNROOFBANG & OLUFSEN SOUNDVIRTUAL COCKPITELECTRIC FRONT SEATSLEATHER
All Features & Equipment (94)
PANORAMIC GLASS SUNROOFBANG & OLUFSEN SOUNDVIRTUAL COCKPITELECTRIC FRONT SEATSLEATHERUPGRADED DRILLED BRAKES FRONT & REAR £1,000Brake Calipers Painted in Red with S3 Logo at the Front £325Panoramic Glass Sunroof £1,075Electrically Adjustable Front Seats £650Audi Parking System Plus £300Audi Warranty - Extended to 48 Months or 75000 Miles with Unlimited Mileage in First 24 Months £245Audi Warranty - Extended to 60 Months or 90000 Miles with Unlimited Mileage in First 24 Months £545Nano Grey £550Technology Pack £1,395Total value of factory fitted extras £6,085Top speed155 mph0 to 604.6 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)295Engine power (BHP)306Extra Urban (mpg)51.4Urban (mpg)34.4Combined (mpg)43.5Cylinders - bore (mm)82TransmissionAutomaticNumber of gears7Cylinders - stroke (mm)93CC1,984Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)150Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantElectrically Adjustable Front SeatsAluminium Interior ElementsAuto-Dimming Rear-View Mirror with Light and Rain SensorCloth Headlining in BlackDual-Zone Electronic Climate ControlEmail and Text Messages can be Displayed on your Vehicles MMIFront Centre ArmrestFront and Rear Floor MatsHeated Front SeatsIlluminated Door Sill Trims with S LogoInlays - Matt Brushed AluminiumInstrument Dials with S3 LogoLED Interior Light PackageLashing Points in Luggage CompartmentNon-Smoking PackagePedals in Stainless SteelSplit Folding Rear Seat Bench - 60-40 or FullySteering Wheel - 3-Spoke Leather-Multifunction-Flat Bottomed-Shift PaddlesStorage Compartments in the Door Side Trims-Centre Console-Under Drivers SeatStorage PackageTool Kit and Car JackPanoramic Glass SunroofBrake Calipers Painted in Red with S3 Logo at the Front18in Alloy Wheels - 5-Arm Turbine Design in Magnesium Look - Diamond Cut FinishAnti Theft Locking Wheel BoltsBlack Styling PackageBrake Calipers Painted in Black with S3 Logo at the FrontDoor Mirrors - Black HousingDoor Mirrors - Electrically Adjustable and Heated with Integrated LED Side IndicatorsElectric Windows - FrontExhaust Tailpipe - Dual-Branch Oval Twin with Chrome FinishHeated Windscreen Washer JetsS Design Body StylingSpace Saver Spare WheelUPGRADED DRILLED BRAKES FRONT & REAR6-Airbag System with Knee Airbag for DriverAnti-Theft AlarmAudi Drive SelectAudi Hill Hold AssistColour Drivers Information System - DISCruise ControlESC - Electronic Stabilisation Control inc ABS - ASR and EDLElectromechanical Parking BrakeFirst Aid Kit and Warning TriangleISOFIX Child Seat Mounting and Top TetherRear Parking SensorsRemote Central Locking with 2 Fold Away KeysSeat Belt MonitoringTyre Pressure Warning LightHeight1404mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4322mmWheelbase2631mmWidth1966mmWidth 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 weight1465 kg
At MarketListed at £24,449 vs market average of £23,501 (+4%)
Market Low
£13,994
Market Average
£23,501
Market High
£38,995
Comparables
29 listings

Based on 29 comparable AUDI S3 listings.

Age Depreciation
Moderate Depreciation
£2,298/year
Mileage Impact
Very Steep Depreciation
£3,310/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Very Steep Depreciation
£8,917/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £21,272 (+£3,177)
Mileage-predicted: £27,459 (£-3,010)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-5,608/yr | 10k mi/yr £-8,917/yr | 15k mi/yr £-12,227/yr

Based on 95 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
67 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
99 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
£24,449
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£452.02/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
67 photos
5/5
Key selling points
99 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
Audi S3 2.0 Tfsi Black Edition Sportback 5dr Petro
4/4
Meta description
2017 Audi S3 Black Edition, Automatic, In Grey. PA...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
97% of 79 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
7487 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

Paragon Cars London

Riverside Rd, Watford WD19 4HY