2018 AUDI S3 — £20,490 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 21 April 2026 | Prince Royd, Huddersfield
£20,490
49,000 miles | Petrol | Automatic | Hatchback
Listing Quality
84/100
Good
vs Market Average
-11%
Below Market
Value Retention
10/100
Very Steep Depreciation
Our Verdict
84 /100

This 2018 AUDI S3 is listed at £20,490 by VIP45 in Prince Royd. It has 49,000 miles on the clock. At 11% below the market average of £23,141, this looks competitively priced based on 32 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £5,579/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2018
Make AUDI
Model S3
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Black
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 49,000 miles
Engine 2L
All Features & Equipment (77)
Top speed155 mph0 to 604.6 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)295Engine power (BHP)306Extra Urban (mpg)51.4Urban (mpg)34.4Combined (mpg)43.5Cylinders - bore (mm)82TransmissionAutomaticNumber of gears7Cylinders - stroke (mm)93CC1,984Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)150Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAluminium Interior ElementsAuto-Dimming Rear-View Mirror with Light and Rain SensorCloth Headlining in BlackDual-Zone Electronic Climate ControlEmail and Text Messages can be Displayed on your Vehicles MMIFront Centre ArmrestFront and Rear Floor MatsHeated Front SeatsIlluminated Door Sill Trims with S LogoInlays - Matt Brushed AluminiumInstrument Dials with S3 LogoLED Interior Light PackageLashing Points in Luggage CompartmentNon-Smoking PackagePedals in Stainless SteelSplit Folding Rear Seat Bench - 60-40 or FullySteering Wheel - 3-Spoke Leather-Multifunction-Flat Bottomed-Shift PaddlesStorage Compartments in the Door Side Trims-Centre Console-Under Drivers SeatStorage PackageTool Kit and Car Jack18in Alloy Wheels - 5-Arm Turbine Design in Magnesium Look - Diamond Cut FinishAnti Theft Locking Wheel BoltsBlack Styling PackageBrake Calipers Painted in Black with S3 Logo at the FrontDoor Mirrors - Black HousingDoor Mirrors - Electrically Adjustable and Heated with Integrated LED Side IndicatorsElectric Windows - FrontExhaust Tailpipe - Dual-Branch Oval Twin with Chrome FinishHeated Windscreen Washer JetsS Design Body StylingSpace Saver Spare WheelHeight1404mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4322mmWheelbase2631mmWidth1966mmWidth 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 weight1465 kg6-Airbag System with Knee Airbag for DriverAnti-Theft AlarmAudi Drive SelectAudi Hill Hold AssistColour Drivers Information System - DISCruise ControlESC - Electronic Stabilisation Control inc ABS - ASR and EDLElectromechanical Parking BrakeFirst Aid Kit and Warning TriangleISOFIX Child Seat Mounting and Top TetherRear Parking SensorsRemote Central Locking with 2 Fold Away KeysSeat Belt MonitoringTyre Pressure Warning Light
Below MarketListed at £20,490 vs market average of £23,141 (-11%)
Market Low
£13,994
Market Average
£23,141
Market High
£33,999
Comparables
32 listings

Based on 32 comparable AUDI S3 listings.

Age Depreciation
Moderate Depreciation
£2,525/year
Mileage Impact
Steep Depreciation
£1,527/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Very Steep Depreciation
£5,579/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £23,795 (£-3,305)
Mileage-predicted: £22,514 (£-2,024)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-4,052/yr | 10k mi/yr £-5,579/yr | 15k mi/yr £-7,106/yr

Based on 95 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?
23/25Good
Photos
30 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
77 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
6 specs provided
5/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
19/25Good
Clear pricing
£20,490
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
30 photos
5/5
Key selling points
77 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
Audi S3 2.0 Tfsi Black Edition Sportback 5dr Petro
4/4
Meta description
2018 Audi S3 Edition, Automatic, In Black. EXCELLE...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
95% of 63 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
6967 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

VIP45

Prince Royd, Huddersfield HD3 3BS