2017 FORD TRANSIT CUSTOM — £9,000 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 20 April 2026 | Ferry Rd, Littlehampton
£9,000
96,000 miles | Diesel | Manual | Panel Van
Listing Quality
92/100
Good
vs Market Average
-53%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
92 /100

This 2017 FORD TRANSIT CUSTOM is listed at £9,000 by Precise Vans Ltd in Ferry Rd. It has 96,000 miles on the clock. At 53% below the market average of £19,134, this looks competitively priced based on 67 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £2,207/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2017
Make FORD
Model TRANSIT CUSTOM
Body Style Panel Van
Colour Black
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 96,000 miles
Engine 2L
Seats 3
CO2 167 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £209.25/mo
Power 128 BHP
Torque 284 lbs/ft
Cylinders 4
Gears 6
Combined MPG 44.8 mpg
Urban MPG 38.7 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 48.7 mpg
Length 4972mm
Width 1986mm
Height 1922mm
Kerb Weight 1866 kg
All Features & Equipment (55)
Engine torque (lbs/ft)284Engine power (BHP)128Extra Urban (mpg)48.7Urban (mpg)38.7Combined (mpg)44.8Cylinders - bore (mm)84TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)90CC1,997Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)167Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAuxiliary Connection Point - 3x60 Amp, Located Under Driver Seat Pedestal , Power Point Socket 2x12VComplete Rear Trim Board - Half HeightEasy Clean Load FloorFord Eco Mode (Driver Information System)Outside Temperature DisplayAlloy Wheels - 6.5x16inBody Coloured BumpersPassengers Sliding Side Load Door and StepPower Heated/Power Fold Signal MirrorsSteel Spare WheelAnti-Lock Braking System (ABS) and Emergency Brake Assist (EBA)Automatic HeadlightsDeadlocksDrivers AirbagElectronic Brake-Force Distribution (EBD)Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Roll-Over Mitigation (ROM)Head Restraints - FrontHill Start Assist (HSA)Immobiliser - Safeguard Passive Anti-Theft System (PATS)Passenger AirbagPower Assisted Steering (PAS)Remote Control Central Locking with One Key FobStatic Cornering Lights and Day Time Running LightsThatcham Category 1 AlarmThird Brake LightTyre Inflator KitHeight1922mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4972mmWidth1986mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats3Gross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1866 kg
Below MarketListed at £9,000 vs market average of £19,134 (-53%)
Market Low
£5,695
Market Average
£19,134
Market High
£38,000
Comparables
67 listings

Based on 67 comparable FORD TRANSIT CUSTOM listings.

Age Depreciation
Strong Appreciation
£1,643/year
Mileage Impact
Steep Depreciation
£1,925/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£2,207/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £18,353 (£-9,353)
Mileage-predicted: £18,795 (£-9,795)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-282/yr | 10k mi/yr £-2,207/yr | 15k mi/yr £-4,132/yr

Based on 460 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

92
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?
25/25Good
Photos
42 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
55 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
19 specs provided (incl. 11 extended)
7/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
25/25Good
Clear pricing
£9,000
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£209.25/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
42 photos
5/5
Key selling points
55 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
Ford Transit Custom 2.0 TDCI 270 Limited Panel Van
4/4
Meta description
2017 Ford Transit Custom Limited, Manual, In Black...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
95% of 57 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
6854 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

Precise Vans Ltd

Ferry Rd, Littlehampton BN17 5DS