2008 SKODA OCTAVIA (2008) — £3,995 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 29 April 2026 | Fair Oak, Eastleigh
£3,995
133,881 miles | Diesel | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
41/100
Average
vs Market Average
+60%
Above Market
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
41 /100

This 2008 SKODA OCTAVIA (2008) is listed at £3,995 by Mark Hopkins Car Sales in Fair Oak. It has 133,881 miles on the clock. At 60% above the market average of £2,495, this is priced on the higher side compared to 1 similar listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,269/year in value. The listing quality is average — it could benefit from more photos or detailed specifications.

Year 2008
Make SKODA
Model OCTAVIA
Trim (2008)
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Beige
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 133,881 miles
Seats 5
CO2 135 g/km
Euro Status Euro 4
ULEZ Compliant No
All Features & Equipment (9)
NOx (mg/km)015in Avant-garda Steel Wheels15in Helios Alloy WheelsFull size alloy spare WheelFull size steel spare WheelRoofRailsClimatic Air Conditioning with Automatic regulation6CD Autochanger- bootRadio & single CD player
Above MarketListed at £3,995 vs market average of £2,495 (+60%)
Market Low
£2,495
Market Average
£2,495
Market High
£2,495
Comparables
1 listings

Based on 1 comparable SKODA OCTAVIA listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£535/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£367/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£1,269/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £4,781 (£-786)
Mileage-predicted: £5,934 (£-1,939)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-902/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,269/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,637/yr

Based on 135 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

41
Overall Listing Quality
Average — some areas could be improved.
Information & Buyer Appeal
Does this listing give buyers enough information to make a decision?
20/25Good
Photos
56 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
9 listed
5/8
Technical specifications
7 specs provided
5/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
21/25Good
Clear pricing
£3,995
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
56 photos
5/5
Key selling points
9 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
7 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Page HTML not captured — scores are estimated
0/25Poor
Page HTML
Not captured — cannot analyze
0/25
AI Discoverability
How findable is this listing by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and other AI search engines?
0/25Poor
Page HTML
Not captured — cannot analyze
0/25
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

Mark Hopkins Car Sales

Fair Oak, Eastleigh SO50 7AJ