2018 FORD KA+ — £7,689 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 5 April 2026 | Batley, Dewsbury
£7,689
34,020 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
80/100
Good
vs Market Average
+5%
Above Market
Value Retention
80/100
Holding Value
Our Verdict
80 /100

This 2018 FORD KA+ is listed at £7,689 by H Mitchell Car Sales in Batley. It has 34,020 miles on the clock. At 5% above the market average of £7,351, this is priced on the higher side compared to 20 similar listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is gaining approximately £45/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2018
Make FORD
Model KA+
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Blue
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 34,020 miles
Engine 1.2L
All Features & Equipment (84)
Top speed105 mph0 to 6013.5 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)85Engine power (BHP)84Combined (mpg)47.9Cylinders - bore (mm)71TransmissionManualNumber of gears5Cylinders - stroke (mm)76CC1,190Cylinders3CO2 (g/km)114NOx (mg/km)0Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantCentre Console with Two Cupholders and 12V Power PointChrome Air VentsChrome Centre Console ControlsDrivers Seat Height AdjustFront Floor MatsFront Seat - 2-way Manual Passenger Seat - Fore-Aft-ReclineFront Seat - 4-way Manual Driver Seat - Fore-Aft-Up-DownGearshift Knob - Soft Feel with Chrome Surround RingGlovebox LightGrained Finished Instrument PanelHandbrake - with Chrome TipIlluminated Door SwitchLeather Steering Wheel with Remote Audio ControlsLoad Compartment LightManual Air Conditioning - A-CMap Reading LightsMyKeyRear Centre Head RestraintRear Fog LampsRear Seat - 60-40 Split Folding SeatsSteering Column - Rake and Reach AdjustmentSun Visor - Driver Flip-up Vanity Mirror and Stowage LoopSun Visor - Passenger Flip-up Vanity MirrorTailgate Remote ReleaseWindows - Rear ManualWipers - Front Variable Intermittent15in Alloy Wheels - 5x2 SpokeBody Colour BumpersChrome Foglamp SurroundChrome Upper GrilleDoor Handles - Body ColourDoor Handles - ChromeElectrically Operated Door Mirrors with Side IndicatorsFord Easy Fuel SystemRear Window - Child LockTinted GlassTyre Repair KitWindows - Electrically-Operated Front with One-Touch Lowering-Closing on Drivers SideHeight1524mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength3941mmWidth1910mmWidth 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 weight1004 kgAirbags - Driver and Front PassengerAirbags - Passenger Airbag Deactivation SwitchAirbags - Side CurtainAnti-Lock Braking System ABS and Electronic Stability Control ESC with Hill Start AssistCruise ControlEmergency Brake WarningEngine ImmobiliserHazard Warning LightsManual Childproof Locks on Rear DoorsPerimeter Alarm with Remote Central LockingSeatbelts - 3-point with Pre-tensionerSeatbelts - Manual Height AdjustmentSeatbelts - Rear 3-pointTailgate Wash-WipeTrip ComputerTyre Pressure Monitoring System - TPMS
Above MarketListed at £7,689 vs market average of £7,351 (+5%)
Market Low
£6,495
Market Average
£7,351
Market High
£7,999
Comparables
20 listings

Based on 20 comparable FORD KA+ listings.

Age Depreciation
Holding Value
£130/year
Mileage Impact
Slight Appreciation
£87/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Holding Value
£45/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £7,359 (+£330)
Mileage-predicted: £7,634 (+£55)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-42/yr | 10k mi/yr £45/yr | 15k mi/yr £132/yr

Based on 37 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

80
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?
21/25Good
Photos
11 photos
8/10
Features & key selling points
84 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
£7,689
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
11 photos
5/5
Key selling points
84 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
Ford Ka+ 1.2 Ti-Vct Zetec Hatchback 5dr Petrol Man
4/4
Meta description
2018 Ford Ka, Zetec, Manual, In Blue.....
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
96% of 26 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
6926 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

H Mitchell Car Sales

Batley, Dewsbury WF13 4BD