2018 KIA RIO — £8,400 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 16 April 2026 | Bury Rd, Ipswich
£8,400
68,205 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
77/100
Good
vs Market Average
+14%
Above Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
77 /100

This 2018 KIA RIO is listed at £8,400 by Hammond Cars in Bury Rd. It has 68,205 miles on the clock. At 14% above the market average of £7,357, this is priced on the higher side compared to 16 similar listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,528/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2018
Make KIA
Model RIO
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Grey
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 68,205 miles
Engine 1L
All Features & Equipment (106)
Top speed118 mph0 to 609.8 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)126Engine power (BHP)118Combined (mpg)46.3Cylinders - bore (mm)71TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)84CC998Cylinders3CO2 (g/km)117Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliant3 x Passenger Assist Grips60-40 Split Folding 2nd Row SeatsAero-Blade Type Front WipersAll-Round Height Adjustable HeadrestsAuto Dimming Rear-View MirrorAutomatic Air ConditioningAutomatic Defog SystemCarbon Finished Fascia TrimCentre Console with Storage Box and Sliding ArmrestDash Illumination Dimmer SwitchDriver and Passenger Sunvisors with Vanity Mirror and IlluminationDrivers Seat Height AdjusterFront Seatback Pockets - Front PassengerFront and Rear Door Map Pockets with Bottle HolderHeated Front SeatsHeated Steering WheelLuggage Area LightLuggage Area Parcel ShelfLuggage Compartment - HooksOverhead Console with Sunglasses CaseRain Sensing Front WipersSatin Chrome Interior Door HandlesSpeed Variable Front WipersSport D-Cut Leather Steering Wheel with Metal GrainStainless Steel PedalsSteering Wheel Mounted Audio ControlsTilt and Telescopic Steering Wheel Adjustment17in Alloy WheelsBody Coloured Exterior Door HandlesChrome Side Window TrimElectrically Folding-Adjustable and Heated Door Mirrors with LED Indicator LightsFront Electric Windows with Drivers Auto Up-Down FunctionHeated Rear WindowHigh Glossy Black Door Mirrors and Rear SpoilerLocking Wheel NutsRadiator Grille - Gloss Black and Dark Chrome SurroundRear Electric WindowsSports Style Front and Rear BumpersTMK - Tyre Mobility KitTinted GlassTwin Exhaust TipsHeight1450mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4070mmWheelbase2580mmWidth1725mmWidth 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 weight1165 kgABS with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution - EBD and Brake Assist System - BASAdvanced Driving Assistance Pack - ADAPAll-Round 3-Point SeatbeltsAnti-Theft Alarm SystemBlind Spot DetectionChild Safety Rear Door LocksCornering Brake Control - CBC and Straight-Line Stability - SLSCruise Control with Speed LimiterDoor DeadlocksESC - Electronic Stability ControlEmergency Stop Signalling - ESSEngine ImmobiliserExternal Temperature DisplayForward Collision-Avoidance Assist - City - PedestrianFront Passenger Airbag Cut Off SwitchFront Seatbelt Height AdjustersFront Seatbelt Pre-Tensioners and Load LimitersGear Shift IndicatorHill-Start Assist Control - HACISOFIX Child Seat Top Tethers and Anchor FixingsImpact Sensing Auto Door UnlockingRear Parking SensorsRear Wiper-WasherReversing Camera System with Dynamic GuidelinesSeatbelt Reminder WarningSmart Key with Engine Start-Stop ButtonSpeed Sensing Auto Door LockingTachometerTrip ComputerTwin Curtain AirbagsTwin Front AirbagsTwin Side Airbags - FrontTyre Pressure Monitoring System - TPMSVisible Vehicle Identification Number - VINWindscreen Washer Level Warning
Above MarketListed at £8,400 vs market average of £7,357 (+14%)
Market Low
£4,490
Market Average
£7,357
Market High
£10,995
Comparables
16 listings

Based on 16 comparable KIA RIO listings.

Age Depreciation
Holding Value
£425/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£551/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£1,528/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £7,352 (+£1,048)
Mileage-predicted: £6,684 (+£1,716)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-976/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,528/yr | 15k mi/yr £-2,079/yr

Based on 51 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

77
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?
18/25Good
Photos
8 photos
5/10
Features & key selling points
106 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
6 specs provided
5/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
17/25Average
Clear pricing
£8,400
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
8 photos
3/5
Key selling points
106 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
Kia Rio 1.0 T-Gdi Gt-Line S Hatchback 5dr Petrol M
4/4
Meta description
2018 Kia Rio Gt-Line S, Manual, In Grey. SERVICE H...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
89% of 36 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
9134 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

Hammond Cars

Bury Rd, Ipswich IP1 5QL