2012 Ford Focus 1.6L Zetec 5dr — £3,495 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 16 April 2026 | Shotton Colliery, Durham
£3,495
88,044 miles | Diesel | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
32/100
Poor
vs Market Average
-31%
Below Market
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
32 /100

This 2012 Ford Focus 1.6L Zetec 5dr is listed at £3,495 by Sandhaven Car Sales in Shotton Colliery. It has 88,044 miles on the clock. At 31% below the market average of £5,084, this looks competitively priced based on 48 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,390/year in value. The listing quality is poor — limited photos and sparse specifications make it harder to assess this vehicle remotely.

Year 2012
Make Ford
Model Focus
Trim 1.6L Zetec 5dr
Body Style Hatchback
Colour White
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 88,044 miles
Engine 1.6L
Doors 5
Seats 5
CO2 109 g/km
Euro Status Euro 5
ULEZ Compliant 0
Road Tax £20/yr
Monthly Payment £72.01/mo
Highlights
18 INCH ALLOY WHEELSSPORT SUSPENSIONBLUETOOTH AUDIOLIGHT AND RAIN SENSORKEYLESS START/ENTRY
All Features & Equipment (5)
18 INCH ALLOY WHEELSSPORT SUSPENSIONBLUETOOTH AUDIOLIGHT AND RAIN SENSORKEYLESS START/ENTRY
Below MarketListed at £3,495 vs market average of £5,084 (-31%)
Market Low
£2,450
Market Average
£5,084
Market High
£10,562
Comparables
48 listings

Based on 48 comparable Ford Focus listings.

Age Depreciation
Holding Value
£317/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£536/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£1,390/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £5,317 (£-1,822)
Mileage-predicted: £7,623 (£-4,128)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-853/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,390/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,926/yr

Based on 523 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

32
Overall Listing Quality
Poor — significant gaps in information and optimisation.
Information & Buyer Appeal
Does this listing give buyers enough information to make a decision?
12/25Average
Photos
0 photos
0/10
Features & key selling points
5 listed
5/8
Technical specifications
9 specs provided
7/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
20/25Good
Clear pricing
£3,495
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£72.01/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
0 photos
0/5
Key selling points
5 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
9 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

Sandhaven Car Sales

Shotton Colliery, Durham DH6 2ND