2012 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS 1.6 — £7,495 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 16 April 2026 | Darlington
£7,495
62,999 miles | Petrol | Automatic | Hatchback
Listing Quality
45/100
Average
vs Market Average
-25%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
45 /100

This 2012 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS 1.6 is listed at £7,495 by Darlington Car & Commercial in Darlington. It has 62,999 miles on the clock. At 25% below the market average of £9,948, this looks competitively priced based on 25 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,997/year in value. The listing quality is average — it could benefit from more photos or detailed specifications.

Year 2012
Make MERCEDES-BENZ
Model C-CLASS
Trim 1.6
Body Style Hatchback
Colour White
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 62,999 miles
Engine 1.6L
Seats 4
CO2 147 g/km
Highlights
only 62,000 milesFSH 15 service invoices 9 are Mercedes1 private owner BT USB DABFull Red Leather Seating front Heatedfront & rear parking sensors
All Features & Equipment (24)
only 62,000 milesFSH 15 service invoices 9 are Mercedes1 private owner BT USB DABFull Red Leather Seating front Heatedfront & rear parking sensorsAlloy WheelsHeadlamp Wash WipeHeated Front ScreenMetallic PaintSpare Wheel - SpacesaverTinted glassAdjustable Steering Wheel - Rake/ReachBluetooth Phone PreperationCD MultichangerElectric SeatsElectric Windows - FrontFull 12 months MOTFull Service HistoryLeather InteriorPaddle Shift Gear ChangeRev CounterLeather Steering WheelSteering Wheel Mounted ControlsSeating Capacity - Four Seats
Below MarketListed at £7,495 vs market average of £9,948 (-25%)
Market Low
£5,495
Market Average
£9,948
Market High
£15,490
Comparables
25 listings

Based on 25 comparable MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£902/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£548/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£1,997/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £9,372 (£-1,877)
Mileage-predicted: £16,081 (£-8,586)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,449/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,997/yr | 15k mi/yr £-2,544/yr

Based on 344 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

45
Overall Listing Quality
Average — some areas could be improved.
Information & Buyer Appeal
Does this listing give buyers enough information to make a decision?
24/25Good
Photos
55 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
24 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
8 specs provided
6/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
21/25Good
Clear pricing
£7,495
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
55 photos
5/5
Key selling points
24 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
8 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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