2016 SKODA OCTAVIA — £9,999 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 28 April 2026 | Lincoln
£9,999
91,601 miles | Diesel | Semi Auto | Estate
Listing Quality
92/100
Good
vs Market Average
+10%
Above Market
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
92 /100

This 2016 SKODA OCTAVIA is listed at £9,999 by Goulding Car Sales in Lincoln. It has 91,601 miles on the clock. At 10% above the market average of £9,109, this is priced on the higher side compared to 32 similar listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £695/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2016
Make SKODA
Model OCTAVIA
Body Style Estate
Colour Silver
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Semi Auto
Mileage 91,601 miles
Engine 2L
Seats 5
CO2 129 g/km
Euro Status EURO 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £217.82/mo
Power 181 BHP
Torque 280 lbs/ft
Top Speed 136 mph
0-60 mph 7.8s
Cylinders 4
Gears 6
Combined MPG 56.5 mpg
Urban MPG 50.4 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 61.4 mpg
Length 4685mm
Width 1814mm
Height 1501mm
Wheelbase 2679mm
Kerb Weight 2129 kg
Highlights
Columbus Sat Nav with media libraryAlcantara/leather upholsteryDual zone automatic air conditioningHeight/reach adjust steering wheelHill hold control
All Features & Equipment (106)
Columbus Sat Nav with media libraryAlcantara/leather upholsteryDual zone automatic air conditioningHeight/reach adjust steering wheelHill hold controlMetallic - Brilliant silver £535Columbus Sat Nav with media library and DVD £1,050Total value of factory fitted extras £1,585Top speed136 mph0 to 607.8 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)280Engine torque (RPM)380Engine power (BHP)181Engine power (RPM)3,500Engine torque (NM)1,750Engine power (KW)135Extra Urban (mpg)61.4Urban (mpg)50.4Combined (mpg)56.5CamshaftDOHCTransmissionSEMI AUTONumber of gears6Cylinder layoutIN-LINECC1,968Cylinders4Noise Level dB(A)2,375CO2 (g/km)129Standard Euro emissionsEURO 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliant3 spoke multi-function leather steering wheelAir re-circulation and pollen filterAuxiliary input socketBackrest releaseBolero RadioChrome inner door handlesDAB Digital radioDriver's vanity mirrorDual zone automatic air conditioning with humidity sensor and controlFloor matsFront armrestFront seat and rear pocketsHeight adj rear head restraintsHeight adjustable front head restraintsIlluminated gloveboxIlluminated luggage compartmentInterior courtesy light operated by door switchesIsofix child seat preparationLashing eyelets in bootLumbar supportMulti device interfacePassenger underseat drawerPassenger vanity mirrorRear armrest with cupholderSD card slotSplit folding rear seatsSunglasses storageThrough load systemUmbrella compartments in front doors with umbrellasUSB connectionAero wiper + intermittent functionAuto dimming rear view mirrorBlack bodyside mouldingsBlack wing mirrorsBody coloured bumpersBody coloured door handlesElectric front windowsElectric rear windows with child safety lockHeadlight washersInternally adjustable headlight beam levelLight assistant (coming home/tunnel light)Low rolling resistance tyresMetallic - Brilliant silverRear mudflapsRear wiperSilver door mirrorsSilver roof railsTinted glassAlarmBluetooth systemColour maxi dot trip computerDrive mode selectorDriver alert systemElectro-mechanical PASElectronic immobiliserLane assistOutside temperature gaugeRemote central lockingService interval indicatorHeight1501mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4685mmWheelbase2679mmWidth1814mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up)610 litresLuggage capacity (seats down)1740 litresNumber of seats5Fuel tank capacity55 litresGross vehicle weight kgMax loading weight645kgMax towing weight (braked)2000kgMax towing weight (unbraked)750kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb)10.3 metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight2129 kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metres
Above MarketListed at £9,999 vs market average of £9,109 (+10%)
Market Low
£4,695
Market Average
£9,109
Market High
£13,295
Comparables
32 listings

Based on 32 comparable SKODA OCTAVIA listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£633/year
Mileage Impact
Holding Value
£31/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£695/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £9,700 (+£299)
Mileage-predicted: £10,131 (£-132)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-664/yr | 10k mi/yr £-695/yr | 15k mi/yr £-725/yr

Based on 135 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
62 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
111 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
£9,999
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£217.82/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
62 photos
5/5
Key selling points
111 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
2016 Skoda Octavia 2.0 Scout TDI DSg 5D 181 BHP £9
4/4
Meta description
2016 Skoda Octavia Scout TDI DSg, Semi Auto, In Si...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
90% of 82 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
11147 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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Goulding Car Sales

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