2021 AUDI A3 — £14,500 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 6 April 2026 | Burton-on-Trent
£14,500
44,480 miles | Automatic | Hatchback
Listing Quality
84/100
Good
vs Market Average
-14%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
84 /100

This 2021 AUDI A3 is listed at £14,500 by Riverside Car Sales & Service in Burton-on-Trent. It has 44,480 miles on the clock. At 14% below the market average of £16,951, this looks competitively priced based on 85 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £2,659/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2021
Make AUDI
Model A3
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Silver
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 44,480 miles
Engine 1.4L
Seats 5
CO2 25 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Power 201 BHP
Torque 184 lbs/ft
Top Speed 141 mph
0-60 mph 7.6s
Cylinders 4
Gears 6
Combined MPG 256.8 mpg
Length 4343mm
Width 1984mm
Height 1450mm
Wheelbase 2630mm
Kerb Weight 1550 kg
Highlights
RCS Customer Protection Pack IncludesHPI Checks12 Months MOT12 Months AA Roadside Assist3 Month Driveaway Guarantee
All Features & Equipment (81)
RCS Customer Protection Pack IncludesHPI Checks12 Months MOT12 Months AA Roadside Assist3 Month Driveaway GuaranteeTop speed141 mph0 to 607.6 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)184Engine power (BHP)201Combined (mpg)256.8Cylinders - bore (mm)74TransmissionAutomaticNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)80CC1,395Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)25Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAluminium Interior ElementsAudi Virtual CockpitAuto Dimming and Frameless Rear View MirrorCloth Headlining in Steel GreyDual-Zone Electronic Climate ControlFront Centre ArmrestFront Door Sill Trims with Aluminium InlayFront and Rear Floor MatsInlays - Silk Effect Paint in Platinum GreyInterior LightingLuggage Compartment Floor CoveringManual Front Seat AdjustmentSplit-Folding Rear Seat Bench can be Split 40: 20: 40 or Fully, with Centre Armrest and Cup HoldersSteering Wheel - 3-Spoke Leather-Multi-FunctionTool KitType 2 Socket for AC Charging17in Alloy Wheels - 5-Parallel Spoke DesignAluminium Window TrimsAnti Theft Locking Wheel BoltsBody Coloured Door MirrorsBody-Coloured Roof SpoilerElectric Windows - FrontManual Boot Compartment LidRear Window - Rear Door Windows and Rear Side Windows in Clear GlassSport Exterior StylingTyre Repair KitWindscreen with Acoustic GlazingAirbags - Driver and Front Passenger with Passenger Airbag DeactivationAnti-Theft AlarmAudi Drive SelectAudi Pre-Sense Front with Pedestrian and Cyclist RecognitionChild Locks - ManualCollision Avoidance AssistantCruise ControlESC - Electronic Stabilisation Control inc ABS - ASR and EDLElectronically Operated Child LocksFirst Aid Kit and Warning Triangle and 2 Safety VestsFront Side Airbags with Head Airbags and Interaction AirbagHill Hold AssistI-Size and Top Tether Child Seat Mounting for the Outer Rear SeatsLane Departure WarningRear View CameraRemote Central LockingSeat Belt MonitoringTyre Pressure Loss IndicatorVoice Control System with Natural Language InteractionHeight1450mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4343mmWheelbase2630mmWidth1984mmWidth 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 weight1550 kg
Below MarketListed at £14,500 vs market average of £16,951 (-14%)
Market Low
£10,250
Market Average
£16,951
Market High
£26,990
Comparables
85 listings

Based on 85 comparable AUDI A3 listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£1,221/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£719/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£2,659/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £17,132 (£-2,632)
Mileage-predicted: £15,797 (£-1,297)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,940/yr | 10k mi/yr £-2,659/yr | 15k mi/yr £-3,378/yr

Based on 408 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

84
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?
24/25Good
Photos
71 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
86 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
19 specs provided (incl. 12 extended)
6/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
21/25Good
Clear pricing
£14,500
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
71 photos
5/5
Key selling points
86 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
19 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Audi A3 1.4 Tfsie 40 Sport Sportback 5dr Petrol Pl
4/4
Meta description
2021 Audi A3 Sport, Automatic, In Silver. 5 Audi S...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
95% of 129 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?
17/25Average
Schema.org Vehicle markup
Vehicle/Car structured data found
6/6
Static HTML content
Some static content but may require JS for full data
2/5
Semantic HTML structure
Spec data in structured elements
3/4
Content depth
10709 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

Riverside Car Sales & Service

Burton-on-Trent DE14 1RN