2021 BMW 3 SERIES — £17,490 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 25 April 2026 | Bradford
£17,490
104,000 miles | Automatic | Saloon
Listing Quality
84/100
Good
vs Market Average
+13%
Above Market
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
84 /100

This 2021 BMW 3 SERIES is listed at £17,490 by Niche Motor Company in Bradford. It has 104,000 miles on the clock. At 13% above the market average of £15,452, this is priced on the higher side compared to 37 similar listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,433/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2021
Make BMW
Model 3 SERIES
Body Style Saloon
Colour White
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 104,000 miles
Engine 2L
Seats 5
CO2 31 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Power 288 BHP
Torque 207 lbs/ft
Top Speed 143 mph
0-60 mph 5.8s
Cylinders 4
Gears 8
Combined MPG 217.3 mpg
Length 4709mm
Width 2068mm
Height 1444mm
Wheelbase 2851mm
Kerb Weight 1770 kg
All Features & Equipment (32)
Top speed143 mph0 to 605.8 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)207Engine power (BHP)288Combined (mpg)217.3Cylinders - bore (mm)82TransmissionAutomaticNumber of gears8Cylinders - stroke (mm)95CC1,998Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)31NOx (mg/km)0Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantHeight1444mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4709mmWheelbase2851mmWidth2068mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats5Fuel tank capacity40 litresGross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1770 kg
Above MarketListed at £17,490 vs market average of £15,452 (+13%)
Market Low
£9,599
Market Average
£15,452
Market High
£26,900
Comparables
37 listings

Based on 37 comparable BMW 3 SERIES listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£1,424/year
Mileage Impact
Holding Value
£4/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£1,433/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £22,425 (£-4,935)
Mileage-predicted: £12,333 (+£5,157)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,428/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,433/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,437/yr

Based on 429 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

84
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?
24/25Good
Photos
85 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
32 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
19 specs provided (incl. 12 extended)
6/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
21/25Good
Clear pricing
£17,490
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
85 photos
5/5
Key selling points
32 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
19 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
BMW 3 Series 2.0 330e 12kwh SE Pro Auto Euro 6 (s/
4/4
Meta description
2021 BMW 3 Series SE Pro, Automatic, In White. NOW...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
99% of 164 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?
17/25Average
Schema.org Vehicle markup
Vehicle/Car structured data found
6/6
Static HTML content
Some static content but may require JS for full data
2/5
Semantic HTML structure
Spec data in structured elements
3/4
Content depth
7132 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

Niche Motor Company

Bradford BD4 8RJ