2018 FORD TRANSIT CUSTOM — £12,000 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 21 April 2026 | Newton Abbot
£12,000
68,235 miles | Diesel | Manual | Temperature Controlled
Listing Quality
82/100
Good
vs Market Average
-40%
Below Market
Value Retention
90/100
Slight Appreciation
Our Verdict
82 /100

This 2018 FORD TRANSIT CUSTOM is listed at £12,000 by Abbot Commercials Ltd in Newton Abbot. It has 68,235 miles on the clock. At 40% below the market average of £19,839, this looks competitively priced based on 111 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is gaining approximately £658/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2018
Make FORD
Model TRANSIT CUSTOM
Body Style Temperature Controlled
Colour White
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 68,235 miles
Engine 2L
All Features & Equipment (48)
Engine torque (lbs/ft)265Engine power (BHP)104Extra Urban (mpg)49.6Urban (mpg)41.5Combined (mpg)46.3Cylinders - bore (mm)84TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)90CC1,997Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)163Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAuxiliary Connection Point - 3x60 Amp, Located Under Driver Seat Pedestal , Power Point Socket 2x12VFord Eco Mode (Driver Information System)Outside Temperature Display15in Steel Wheels - 6.5x15 (215/65 R15) with Half CapsPassengers Sliding Side Load Door and StepSteel Spare WheelHeight2020mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4972mmWidth1986mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats3Gross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1866 kgAnti-Lock Braking System (ABS) and Emergency Brake Assist (EBA)Day Time Running LightsDeadlocksDrivers AirbagElectronic Brake-Force Distribution (EBD)Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Roll-Over Mitigation (ROM)Head Restraints - FrontHill Start Assist (HSA)Immobiliser - Safeguard Passive Anti-Theft System (PATS)Power Assisted Steering (PAS)Remote Control Central Locking with One Key FobThird Brake LightTyre Inflator Kit
Below MarketListed at £12,000 vs market average of £19,839 (-40%)
Market Low
£5,695
Market Average
£19,839
Market High
£38,000
Comparables
111 listings

Based on 111 comparable FORD TRANSIT CUSTOM listings.

Age Depreciation
Slight Appreciation
£447/year
Mileage Impact
Slight Appreciation
£106/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slight Appreciation
£658/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £17,436 (£-5,436)
Mileage-predicted: £19,805 (£-7,805)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £553/yr | 10k mi/yr £658/yr | 15k mi/yr £764/yr

Based on 460 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
26 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
48 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
£12,000
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
26 photos
5/5
Key selling points
48 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 Transit Custom 270 L1 H1 Swb Low Roof Gah Fri
4/4
Meta description
2018 Ford Transit Custom 270 L1 H1 Swb Low Roof Ga...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
96% of 54 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
7062 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.

Independent review — we are not affiliated with the dealer.

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About the Dealer

Abbot Commercials Ltd

Newton Abbot TQ12 4PB