2017 FORD TRANSIT CUSTOM — £8,944 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 20 April 2026 | Bank Hill St, Oldham
£8,944
97,000 miles | Diesel | Manual | Panel Van
Listing Quality
83/100
Good
vs Market Average
-52%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
83 /100

This 2017 FORD TRANSIT CUSTOM is listed at £8,944 by THE VAN SALES COMPANY in Bank Hill St. It has 97,000 miles on the clock. At 52% below the market average of £18,676, this looks competitively priced based on 63 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £2,207/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2017
Make FORD
Model TRANSIT CUSTOM
Body Style Panel Van
Colour Silver
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 97,000 miles
Highlights
ANY AGEANY MILEAGEANY CONDITION
All Features & Equipment (66)
ANY AGEANY MILEAGEANY CONDITIONEngine torque (lbs/ft)284Engine torque (RPM)385Engine power (BHP)129Engine power (RPM)3,500Engine torque (NM)385Engine power (KW)96Extra Urban (mpg)47.9Urban (mpg)38.2Combined (mpg)44.1CamshaftDOHCTransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinder layoutIN-LINECC1,995Cylinders4Noise Level dB(A)2,625CO2 (g/km)167Standard Euro emissionsEURO 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAuxiliary Connection Point - 3x60 Amp, Located Under Driver Seat Pedestal , Power Point Socket 2x12VComplete Rear Trim Board - Half HeightEasy Clean Load FloorFord Eco Mode (Driver Information System)Outside Temperature DisplayAlloy Wheels - 6.5x16inBody Coloured BumpersPassengers Sliding Side Load Door and StepPower Heated/Power Fold Signal MirrorsSteel Spare WheelHeight1972mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4972mmWheelbase2933mmWidth1986mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up)Not Available litresLuggage capacity (seats down)Not Available litresNumber of seats3Fuel tank capacity80 litresGross vehicle weight kgMax loading weight874kgMax towing weight (braked)2500kgMax towing weight (unbraked)750kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb)11.6 metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight2740 kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresAnti-Lock Braking System (ABS) and Emergency Brake Assist (EBA)Automatic HeadlightsDeadlocksDrivers AirbagElectronic Brake-Force Distribution (EBD)Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Roll-Over Mitigation (ROM)Head Restraints - FrontHill Start Assist (HSA)Immobiliser - Safeguard Passive Anti-Theft System (PATS)Passenger AirbagPower Assisted Steering (PAS)Remote Control Central Locking with One Key FobStatic Cornering Lights and Day Time Running LightsThatcham Category 1 AlarmThird Brake LightTyre Inflator Kit
Below MarketListed at £8,944 vs market average of £18,676 (-52%)
Market Low
£5,695
Market Average
£18,676
Market High
£38,000
Comparables
63 listings

Based on 63 comparable FORD TRANSIT CUSTOM listings.

Age Depreciation
Strong Appreciation
£1,643/year
Mileage Impact
Steep Depreciation
£1,925/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£2,207/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £18,353 (£-9,409)
Mileage-predicted: £18,795 (£-9,851)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-282/yr | 10k mi/yr £-2,207/yr | 15k mi/yr £-4,132/yr

Based on 460 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

83
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?
22/25Good
Photos
75 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
66 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
5 specs provided
4/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
19/25Good
Clear pricing
£8,944
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
75 photos
5/5
Key selling points
66 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
5 specs provided
2/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Ford Transit Custom 2.0 270 L1 Limited LR P/V 130
4/4
Meta description
2017 Ford Transit Custom 270 Limited LR P/V, Manua...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
96% of 161 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
9246 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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About the Dealer

THE VAN SALES COMPANY

Bank Hill St, Oldham OL4 1HR