2018 FORD FOCUS — £3,500 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 16 April 2026 | Great Barford, Bedford
£3,500
110,000 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
85/100
Good
vs Market Average
-38%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
85 /100

This 2018 FORD FOCUS is listed at £3,500 by Affordable Car Centre in Great Barford. It has 110,000 miles on the clock. At 38% below the market average of £5,637, this looks competitively priced based on 44 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,512/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2018
Make FORD
Model FOCUS
Body Style Hatchback
Colour White
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 110,000 miles
Engine 1L
Seats 5
CO2 112 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Power 138 BHP
Torque 133 lbs/ft
Top Speed 127 mph
0-60 mph 10.4s
Cylinders 3
Gears 6
Combined MPG 57.7 mpg
Urban MPG 45.6 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 68.9 mpg
Length 4360mm
Width 2010mm
Height 1469mm
Wheelbase 2648mm
Kerb Weight 1205 kg
Highlights
Boasting a full service history right up to February 2026while manual air conditioning ensures comfort.
All Features & Equipment (68)
Boasting a full service history right up to February 2026while manual air conditioning ensures comfort.Top speed127 mph0 to 6010.4 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)133Engine power (BHP)138Extra Urban (mpg)68.9Urban (mpg)45.6Combined (mpg)57.7Cylinders - bore (mm)72TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)82CC999Cylinders3CO2 (g/km)112NOx (mg/km)0Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAir Conditioning - ManualCentre Console - Premium with Sliding Armrest - Covered Stowage BinsCourtesy Light - Front and Rear Passengers - Overhead Halogen and Load CompartmentDrivers Seat Lumbar AdjustFord Power Starter ButtonFront Floor MatsFront Seat - Drivers Manual Height and Fore-Aft AdjustmentFront Seat - Passenger Manual Fore-Aft AdjustmentFront Seats - Sports StyleGearshift Knob - LeatherHeadliner - Black WovenKeyless StartLeather-Trimmed HandbrakeMyKeySports Style Pedals - Gear Knob and Steering WheelSteering Column - Rake and Reach AdjustmentSteering Wheel - 3-spoke Flat Bottom - Leather Trimmed17in Alloy Wheels - Rock Metallic FinishBlack Exterior Trim Detailing including Upper Door Line and Headlamp SurroundBody Colour Large Rear Spoiler and Side SkirtsBody Coloured Front Styling Kit with Centre Aero FoilDoor Mirrors - Heated - Electric - Integrated Side Indicators - Body ColouredLocking Wheel NutsQuickclear Heated Front Windscreen with Heated Washer JetsRear Bumper with Integral Body Coloured Diffuser and Honeycomb Mesh in High-Gloss BlackST Line Stainless Steel Scuff PlatesSpare Wheel - Mini SteelUpper and Lower Grille - High Gloss Black Honeycomb DesignWindows - Electrically Operated Front with One Touch Lowering on Drivers SideWipers - Standard with 6 Speed Interval Settings18in Alloy Wheels - ST-Line - Rock MetallicRear Privacy GlassHeight1469mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4360mmWheelbase2648mmWidth2010mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats5Fuel tank capacity55 litresGross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1205 kg
Below MarketListed at £3,500 vs market average of £5,637 (-38%)
Market Low
£3,240
Market Average
£5,637
Market High
£10,695
Comparables
44 listings

Based on 44 comparable FORD FOCUS listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£740/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£386/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£1,512/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £9,682 (£-6,182)
Mileage-predicted: £4,519 (£-1,019)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,126/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,512/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,898/yr

Based on 523 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
47 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
68 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
£3,500
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
47 photos
5/5
Key selling points
68 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
2018 Ford Focus 1.0t Ecoboost St-Line Euro 6 (s/S)
4/4
Meta description
2018 Ford Focus St-Line, Manual, In White. FSH, Ne...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
98% of 89 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
7612 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