2018 FORD FOCUS — £8,495 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 15 April 2026 | Tooting Bec, London
£8,495
66,000 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
92/100
Good
vs Market Average
-11%
Below Market
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
92 /100

This 2018 FORD FOCUS is listed at £8,495 by Balham Cars London Ltd in Tooting Bec. It has 66,000 miles on the clock. At 11% below the market average of £9,587, this looks competitively priced based on 168 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,398/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 66,000 miles
Engine 1L
Seats 5
CO2 110 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £170.81/mo
Power 123 BHP
Torque 125 lbs/ft
Top Speed 124 mph
0-60 mph 10.0s
Cylinders 3
Gears 6
Combined MPG 50.4 mpg
Urban MPG 47.9 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 68.9 mpg
Length 4387mm
Width 1979mm
Height 1458mm
Wheelbase 2700mm
Kerb Weight 1322 kg
Highlights
VERY GOOD SERVICE HISTORYAPPLE CAR PLAYCRUISE CONTROLUSB PLUGFORNT+REAR PARKING SENSORSPRIVACY GLASSLANE KEEP ASSISTHEATED WINDSCREENAIR CONDITIONING
All Features & Equipment (94)
VERY GOOD SERVICE HISTORYAPPLE CAR PLAYCRUISE CONTROLUSB PLUGFORNT+REAR PARKING SENSORSPRIVACY GLASSLANE KEEP ASSISTHEATED WINDSCREENAIR CONDITIONINGTop speed124 mph0 to 6010.0 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)125Engine power (BHP)123Extra Urban (mpg)68.9Urban (mpg)47.9Combined (mpg)50.4Cylinders - bore (mm)72TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)82CC999Cylinders3CO2 (g/km)110NOx (mg/km)0Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAir Conditioning - ManualAlloy Finish PedalsCentre Console with ArmrestCourtesy Light - Front and Rear Passengers - Overhead Halogen and Load CompartmentDrivers Seat Lumbar AdjustFront Floor MatsFront Seat - Drivers Manual Height and Fore-Aft AdjustmentFront Seat - Passengers Manual Fore-Aft AdjustmentFront Seats - Sports StyleGear Knob - AluminiumHeadliner - Black WovenKeyless Start with Ford Power Start ButtonLeather-Trimmed HandbrakeMyKeyRear Centre HeadrestSteering Column - Rake and Reach AdjustmentSteering Wheel - 3-Spoke Flat Bottom - Leather Trimmed with Red Stitching17in Alloy Wheels - 5x2-Spoke - Rock MetallicBody Colour BumpersDoor Handles - Body ColourDoor Mirrors - Heated - Electric - Integrated Side Indicators - Body ColouredLocking Wheel NutsPolished Twin TailpipeQuickclear Heated WindscreenRear Spoiler - Body Colour - LargeSpare Wheel - Mini SteelST Line Stainless Steel Scuff PlatesUnique ST-Line Upper and Lower Grille and Full Bodystyling Kit and ST-Line Wing BadgesWindows - Electrically Operated Front and Rear with One Touch Opening and ClosingWipers - Standard with 6 Speed Interval SettingsAirbags - Driver and Front PassengerAirbags - Front and Rear Side CurtainAirbags - Front Side ImpactAnti-Lock Braking System - ABS with Electronic Brake Force Distribution - EBDCruise Control with Speed LimiterElectric Parking BrakeEmergency Brake WarningEnhanced Electronic Stability Control - ESC with Traction Control - Emergency Brake Assist - EBA - Hill Start Assist - HSAFord Easy Fuel - Capless Refuelling SystemFord Eco Mode - Driver Information SystemFront and Rear Seatbelt MinderFront Passenger Airbag Deactivation SwitchIPS - Intelligent Protection SystemLane Keeping Aid with Lane Departure WarningPost Collision BrakingPre-Collision Assist with Autonomous Emergency Braking and Pedestrian-Cyclist DetectionPre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian DetectionRemote Central Locking and Engine ImmobiliserSeats - ISOFIX Mounting Provision for Child SeatsSelectable Drive ModeThatcham Category 1 AlarmTrip ComputerTyre Pressure Monitoring SystemHeight1458mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4387mmWheelbase2700mmWidth1979mmWidth 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 weight1322 kg
Below MarketListed at £8,495 vs market average of £9,587 (-11%)
Market Low
£3,999
Market Average
£9,587
Market High
£18,995
Comparables
168 listings

Based on 168 comparable FORD FOCUS listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£740/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£329/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£1,398/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £9,682 (£-1,187)
Mileage-predicted: £9,407 (£-912)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,069/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,398/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,727/yr

Based on 523 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
32 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
101 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
£8,495
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£170.81/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
32 photos
5/5
Key selling points
101 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
Ford Focus 1.0t Ecoboost St-Line Hatchback 5dr Pet
4/4
Meta description
2018 Ford Focus St-Line, Manual, In White. VERY GO...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
96% of 46 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
6994 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