2012 AUDI A1 — £4,300 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 15 April 2026 | Preston
£4,300
96,428 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
92/100
Good
vs Market Average
-24%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
92 /100

This 2012 AUDI A1 is listed at £4,300 by KIRKHAM PART EXCHANGE CENTRE LTD in Preston. It has 96,428 miles on the clock. At 24% below the market average of £5,625, this looks competitively priced based on 25 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £2,204/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2012
Make AUDI
Model A1
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Red
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 96,428 miles
Engine 1.2L
Seats 4
CO2 118 g/km
Euro Status Euro 5
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £126.85/mo
Power 85 BHP
Torque 118 lbs/ft
Top Speed 112 mph
0-60 mph 11.7s
Cylinders 4
Gears 5
Combined MPG 55.4 mpg
Urban MPG 45.6 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 64.2 mpg
Length 3954mm
Width 1906mm
Height 1416mm
Wheelbase 2469mm
Kerb Weight 1040 kg
Highlights
2012 AUDI A1 1.2 TFSI SE – KIRKHAMPRESTON & BLACKPOOL – DRIVE AWAY TODAY
All Features & Equipment (57)
2012 AUDI A1 1.2 TFSI SE – KIRKHAMPRESTON & BLACKPOOL – DRIVE AWAY TODAYTop speed112 mph0 to 6011.7 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)118Engine power (BHP)85Extra Urban (mpg)64.2Urban (mpg)45.6Combined (mpg)55.4Cylinders - bore (mm)71TransmissionManualNumber of gears5Cylinders - stroke (mm)76CC1,197Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)118Standard Euro emissionsEuro 5Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAir ConditioningAir Vent Sleeves - Matt BlackSeats - Front Height AdjustmentSplit-Folding Rear SeatsSteering Wheel - Height and Reach Adjustable15in Alloy Wheels - 7-Arm DesignDoor Mirrors - Electrically AdjustableElectric Windows - FrontABS - Anti-Lock Braking SystemASR - Anti Slip RegulationAirbags - DriverAirbags - Front PassengerAirbags - Front Side SystemAirbags - Head SystemAlarm - Thatcham Category 1EBD - Electronic Brakeforce DistributionESP - Electronic Stability ProgrammeFirst Aid KitFront Passenger Airbag Deactivation SwitchISOFIX Child Seat Preparation for Rear SeatsImmobiliserRemote Central Locking with 2 Fold Away KeysVoice Control - TelephoneHeight1416mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength3954mmWheelbase2469mmWidth1906mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats4Gross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1040 kg
Below MarketListed at £4,300 vs market average of £5,625 (-24%)
Market Low
£3,000
Market Average
£5,625
Market High
£7,995
Comparables
25 listings

Based on 25 comparable AUDI A1 listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£730/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£737/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£2,204/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £5,828 (£-1,528)
Mileage-predicted: £7,386 (£-3,086)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,467/yr | 10k mi/yr £-2,204/yr | 15k mi/yr £-2,941/yr

Based on 284 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
24 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
57 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
22 specs provided (incl. 14 extended)
7/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
25/25Good
Clear pricing
£4,300
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£126.85/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
24 photos
5/5
Key selling points
57 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
22 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Audi A1 1.2 Tfsi SE Hatchback 3dr Petrol Manual Eu
4/4
Meta description
2012 Audi A1 Se, Manual, In Red. £35 ROAD TAX LOW ...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
93% of 40 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
8073 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

KIRKHAM PART EXCHANGE CENTRE LTD

Preston PR4 2RE