2017 AUDI A3 — £8,500 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 5 April 2026 | Preston
£8,500
79,534 miles | Diesel | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
92/100
Good
vs Market Average
-22%
Below Market
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
92 /100

This 2017 AUDI A3 is listed at £8,500 by KIRKHAM PART EXCHANGE CENTRE LTD in Preston. It has 79,534 miles on the clock. At 22% below the market average of £10,944, this looks competitively priced based on 110 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,161/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2017
Make AUDI
Model A3
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Grey
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 79,534 miles
Engine 1.6L
Seats 5
CO2 106 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £197.62/mo
Power 114 BHP
Torque 184 lbs/ft
Top Speed 125 mph
0-60 mph 10.4s
Cylinders 4
Gears 6
Combined MPG 70.6 mpg
Urban MPG 62.8 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 76.3 mpg
Length 4313mm
Width 1966mm
Height 1426mm
Wheelbase 2637mm
Kerb Weight 1260 kg
All Features & Equipment (66)
Top speed125 mph0 to 6010.4 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)184Engine power (BHP)114Extra Urban (mpg)76.3Urban (mpg)62.8Combined (mpg)70.6Cylinders - bore (mm)80TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)80CC1,598Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)106Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAir ConditioningAuto-Dimming Rear-View Mirror with Light and Rain SensorCloth HeadliningEmail and Text Messages can be Displayed on your Vehicles MMIFront Centre ArmrestFront and Rear Floor MatsInlays - Micrometallic SilverInterior LightingLashing Points in Luggage CompartmentNon-Smoking PackageSplit Folding Rear Seat Bench - 60-40 or FullySteering Wheel - 3-Spoke Leather - Multi-function - SportsStorage Compartments in the Door Side Trims-Centre Console-Under Drivers SeatTool Kit and Car Jack16in Alloy Wheels - 15-Spoke Y-DesignAnti Theft Locking Wheel BoltsBody Coloured Door MirrorsDoor Mirrors - Electrically Adjustable and Heated with Integrated LED Side IndicatorsElectric Windows - FrontHeated Windscreen Washer JetsRadiator Grille - Matt BlackRoof Spoiler - Painted in Body Colour with Aerodynamic Inserts in High-Gloss Black at the SideSpace Saver Spare Wheel6-Airbag System with Knee Airbag for DriverAnti-Theft AlarmAudi Hill Hold AssistColour Drivers Information System - DISCruise ControlESC - Electronic Stabilisation Control inc ABS - ASR and EDLElectromechanical Parking BrakeFirst Aid Kit and Warning TriangleISOFIX Child Seat Mounting and Top TetherRear Parking SensorsRemote Central Locking with 2 Fold Away KeysSeat Belt MonitoringTyre Pressure Warning LightHeight1426mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4313mmWheelbase2637mmWidth1966mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats5Gross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1260 kg
Below MarketListed at £8,500 vs market average of £10,944 (-22%)
Market Low
£6,895
Market Average
£10,944
Market High
£18,380
Comparables
110 listings

Based on 110 comparable AUDI A3 listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£783/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£189/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£1,161/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £12,244 (£-3,744)
Mileage-predicted: £12,558 (£-4,058)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-972/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,161/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,350/yr

Based on 408 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
29 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
66 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
£8,500
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£197.62/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
29 photos
5/5
Key selling points
66 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 A3 1.6 TDI SE Technik Sportback 5dr Diesel Ma
4/4
Meta description
2017 Audi A3 SE Technik, Manual, In Grey. MOT SEPT...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
93% of 45 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
8329 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