2018 SEAT LEON — £15,999 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 16 April 2026 | Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil
£15,999
77,493 miles | Petrol | Automatic | Hatchback
Listing Quality
82/100
Good
vs Market Average
+54%
Above Market
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
82 /100

This 2018 SEAT LEON is listed at £15,999 by Empressive Motor Co Ltd in Dowlais. It has 77,493 miles on the clock. At 54% above the market average of £10,359, this is priced on the higher side compared to 67 similar listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,484/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2018
Make SEAT
Model LEON
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Black
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 77,493 miles
Engine 2L
All Features & Equipment (92)
Top speed155 mph0 to 605.7 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)280Engine power (BHP)296Extra Urban (mpg)48.7Urban (mpg)33.2Combined (mpg)41.5Cylinders - bore (mm)83TransmissionAutomaticNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)93CC1,984Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)156Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantActive Front Head Restraints and 3 Rear Head RestraintsBlack Interior Roof LiningBoot Storage NetCargo Rings in the BootConvenience Pack PlusDigital CockpitDriver and Passenger Seat Height AdjustmentDriver and Passenger Sunvisor with Covered and Illuminated MirrorsDrivers Seat Lumbar AdjustmentDual Zone Climate ControlFlat Bottomed-Perforated Leather Steering Wheel with White Stitching and CUPRA LogoFront Seat Back Storage PocketsFront Sports SeatsFuel Filler Flap linked to Central LockingGloss Black Interior DetailingHead Restraints - Height Adjustable FrontHigh Centre ConsoleIlluminated Aluminium Front Door Sill with CUPRA LogoInstrument Lighting with Brightness ControlLED Interior Illumination PackMulti Coloured Ambient LightingPedals in AluminiumSeats - Passenger Lumbar AdjustmentSplit Folding Rear Seats 60-40 with ArmrestSteering Wheel-Mounted Gearshift PaddlesStorage Box Under Driver and Front Passenger Seat19in Alloy Wheels - CUPRA MachinedBody-Coloured Door HandlesBrake Callipers - Red with Cupra LogoBumpers - Exclusive Cupra Front and RearDark Tinted Rear WindowsElectrically Folding Door MirrorsFront and Rear Electric WindowsGloss Black Door Mirrors with Integrated LED IndicatorsHigh Gloss Black B and C PillarsRadiator Grille Frame in Glossy BlackRadiator Grille in BlackSpace-Saving Spare WheelVisual Dual Exhaust PipesHeight1435mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4281mmWheelbase2631mmWidth1816mmWidth 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 weight1346 kg7 AirbagsABS - Anti-Lock Braking System - TCS - Traction Control SystemCruise ControlCUPRA Performance InterfaceElectric Parking Brake Including Autohold FunctionESC - Electronic Stability Control and Tyre Pressure Warning Light IndicatorFront Assist with City Emergency BrakingFront Parking SensorsGearshift IndicatorHill Hold ControlISOFIX Points in Outer Rear Seats with Top Tether Anchorage PointsLow Fuel Warning LightMulti-Collision Braking SystemOutside Temperature GaugeRear Parking SensorsRemote Central Locking with DeadlocksRPM CounterSEAT Drive ProfileSeatbelt Reminder - FrontTrip ComputerTwo Remote Keys with Window Open-Close - Door Mirror Folding and Boot Opening Functionality
Above MarketListed at £15,999 vs market average of £10,359 (+54%)
Market Low
£4,250
Market Average
£10,359
Market High
£24,950
Comparables
67 listings

Based on 67 comparable SEAT LEON listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£783/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£351/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£1,484/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £10,981 (+£5,018)
Mileage-predicted: £9,829 (+£6,170)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,133/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,484/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,834/yr

Based on 172 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
24 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
92 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
£15,999
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
24 photos
5/5
Key selling points
92 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
Seat Leon 2.0 TSI Cupra 300 Hatchback 5dr Petrol D
4/4
Meta description
2018 Seat Leon Cupra 300, Automatic, In Black.....
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
90% of 51 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
10397 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

Empressive Motor Co Ltd

Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2SR