2018 VOLKSWAGEN UP! — £9,250 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 6 May 2026 | Staines
£9,250
6,000 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
91/100
Good
vs Market Average
+4%
Fair Price
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
91 /100

This 2018 VOLKSWAGEN UP! is listed at £9,250 by MSB Motor Company in Staines. It has 6,000 miles on the clock. Priced in line with the market average of £8,864 based on 5 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £2,643/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2018
Make VOLKSWAGEN
Model UP!
Body Style Hatchback
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 6,000 miles
Engine 1L
Seats 4
CO2 101 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £189.93/mo
Power 59 BHP
Torque 70 lbs/ft
Top Speed 101 mph
0-60 mph 13.9s
Cylinders 3
Gears 5
Combined MPG 68.9 mpg
Urban MPG 57.6 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 76.3 mpg
Length 3600mm
Width 1910mm
Height 1504mm
Wheelbase 2417mm
Kerb Weight 934 kg
Highlights
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All Features & Equipment (72)
TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENTPLEASE CONTACT US PRIOR TO RESERVING THIS VEHICLE ONLINE. Thank You.Top speed101 mph0 to 6013.9 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)70Engine power (BHP)59Extra Urban (mpg)76.3Urban (mpg)57.6Combined (mpg)68.9Cylinders - bore (mm)74TransmissionManualNumber of gears5Cylinders - stroke (mm)76CC999Cylinders3CO2 (g/km)101NOx (mg/km)0Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAir Conditioning - ManualBlack Cube Upper DashpadCentre Console Including Cup Holders - Front x1 - Rear x1Chrome Trimmed Interior Door HandlesDrivers Seat Height AdjustmentDrivers Sun Visor with Ticket HolderFront Integrated Head RestraintsFront Passengers Sun Visor with Vanity MirrorGalvanised BodyGloveboxHeating and Ventilation System with 4 Speed FanHeight Adjustable Three-spoke Steering WheelInterior Light DelayLockable Fuel Filler CapLuggage Compartment CoverLuggage Compartment LightManually Dimmable Interior Rear-View MirrorOne-touch IndicatorsRear Fog LightRear Head Restraints x 2 - Height-AdjustableSplit Folding Rear Backrests 60-40Storage Compartment in Front DoorsTool KitTwo Rear Seats with One-Piece Folding BackrestVariable Boot FloorWindscreen Wiper with Intermittent Wipe15in Alloy Wheels - FortalezaBody Coloured BumpersBody Coloured Door HandlesDoor Mirrors - Body ColouredElectric Windows - FrontFull Size Steel Spare WheelHeated Rear WindowInternally Adjustable Door MirrorsRadiator Grille - BlackTinted Glass - Heat InsulatingHeight1504mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength3600mmWheelbase2417mmWidth1910mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats4Fuel tank capacity35 litresGross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight934 kg
At MarketListed at £9,250 vs market average of £8,864 (+4%)
Market Low
£7,555
Market Average
£8,864
Market High
£11,496
Comparables
5 listings

Based on 5 comparable VOLKSWAGEN UP! listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£900/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£872/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£2,643/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £7,293 (+£1,957)
Mileage-predicted: £10,543 (£-1,293)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,771/yr | 10k mi/yr £-2,643/yr | 15k mi/yr £-3,515/yr

Based on 67 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

91
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
37 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
72 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
21 specs provided (incl. 14 extended)
6/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
25/25Good
Clear pricing
£9,250
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£189.93/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
37 photos
5/5
Key selling points
72 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
21 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
2018 Volkswagen Up! 1.0 Move Up! Euro 6 (s/S) 5dr
4/4
Meta description
2018 Volkswagen Up! Move Up!, Manual PERFECT 1ST C...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
96% of 52 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
9460 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

MSB Motor Company

Staines TW18 1SX