2018 SKODA OCTAVIA — £13,500 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 28 April 2026 | Bury Rd, Ipswich
£13,500
76,000 miles | Petrol | Automatic | Estate
Listing Quality
77/100
Good
vs Market Average
+22%
Above Market
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
77 /100

This 2018 SKODA OCTAVIA is listed at £13,500 by Hammond Cars in Bury Rd. It has 76,000 miles on the clock. At 22% above the market average of £11,022, this is priced on the higher side compared to 39 similar listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,336/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2018
Make SKODA
Model OCTAVIA
Body Style Estate
Colour Grey
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 76,000 miles
Engine 2L
All Features & Equipment (97)
Top speed152 mph0 to 606.8 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)258Engine power (BHP)227Extra Urban (mpg)51.4Urban (mpg)33.2Combined (mpg)42.8Cylinders - bore (mm)82TransmissionAutomaticNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)93CC1,984Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)149Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAero Windscreen Wipers with Intermittent FunctionAir Re-Circulation with Pollen FilterAuto Dimming Rear View MirrorDoor Handles - Interior in ChromeDoor Sill Trims with vRS LogoDriver PersonalisationDual-Zone Air Conditioning with Humidity Sensor and ControlFront Armrest with Storage BoxGlasses Storage CompartmentGlovebox - Air ConditionedGlovebox - IlluminatedHeight Adjustable Driver and Passenger Seats with LumbarHeight Adjustable Front and Rear Head Restraints - ThreeHeight and Reach Adjustable Steering WheelIlluminated Front and Rear FootwellsIlluminated Luggage CompartmentInterior Light with Door Pillar SwitchesLED Interior Light PackageLighting Interior Door Handles Front and RearLuggage Compartment - Lashing EyeletsLuggage Compartment Lighting - Two Side LampsPassenger and Drivers Vanity MirrorsRain SensorRear Armrest with Load-Through Boot AccessRear Backrest Release from BootSafety Vest Holder Under Passenger SeatSplit and Folding Rear SeatsStorage - Pockets on Rear of Front SeatsSuper Sport Three Spoke Leather Multi-function Steering Wheel with vRS LogoTextile Floor Mat SetUmbrella Under Front Passenger SeatvRS Sport Seats18in Alloy Wheels - Gemini AnthraciteBlack Roof RailsBody Coloured Bumpers and Protective Side MouldingsBody Coloured Door Mirrors and Door HandlesElectrically Adjustable and Heated Door MirrorsFront and Rear Electric WindowsRed Brake CalipersTinted GlassTyre Repair KitvRS Exterior Design - Bumpers and SpoilerHeight1482mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4689mmWheelbase2680mmWidth2017mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats5Gross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1387 kgAcoustic Parking Sensors - RearAirbags - Driver KneeAirbags - Passenger Deactivation SwitchAlarmAutomatic Post Collision Braking SystemColour Multifunction Trip ComputerCruise ControlDriver Fatigue AssistantDriver and Passenger Front and Side AirbagsESC inc ABS-EBV-MSR-ASR-EDS-HBA-DSR-ESBS-TSA-MKB-XDS and PrefillElectronic Engine ImmobiliserFuel Supply Cut Off SwitchGear Change RecommendationHHC - Hill Hold ControlHead and Curtain AirbagsLane AssistantOutdoor Temperature GaugePerformance Mode SelectionRear Window WiperRemote Central Door LockingSeatbelt Warning Light - All PassengersTPMS - Tyre Pressure Monitoring SystemTwo ISOFIX Child Seat Fittings in RearVoice ControlXDS Advance Stability Control
Above MarketListed at £13,500 vs market average of £11,022 (+22%)
Market Low
£7,549
Market Average
£11,022
Market High
£14,999
Comparables
39 listings

Based on 39 comparable SKODA OCTAVIA listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£903/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£217/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£1,336/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £10,819 (+£2,681)
Mileage-predicted: £10,924 (+£2,576)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,119/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,336/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,552/yr

Based on 135 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
97 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
£13,500
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
8 photos
3/5
Key selling points
97 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
Skoda Octavia 2.0 TSI Vrs Estate 5dr Petrol DSg Eu
4/4
Meta description
2018 Skoda Octavia Vrs, Automatic, In Grey. SERVIC...
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
9014 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

Hammond Cars

Bury Rd, Ipswich IP1 5QL