2018 Audi A3 1.5L Black Edition 4dr — £14,495 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 6 April 2026 | Pontarddulais, Swansea
£14,495
61,271 miles | Petrol | Manual | Saloon
Listing Quality
38/100
Poor
vs Market Average
+8%
Above Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
38 /100

This 2018 Audi A3 1.5L Black Edition 4dr is listed at £14,495 by Ross Car Sales in Pontarddulais. It has 61,271 miles on the clock. At 8% above the market average of £13,432, this is priced on the higher side compared to 120 similar listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £2,114/year in value. The listing quality is poor — limited photos and sparse specifications make it harder to assess this vehicle remotely.

Year 2018
Make Audi
Model A3
Trim 1.5L Black Edition 4dr
Body Style Saloon
Colour Black
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 61,271 miles
Engine 1.5L
Doors 4
Seats 5
CO2 117 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Yes
Road Tax £195/yr
Monthly Payment £279.58/mo
Above MarketListed at £14,495 vs market average of £13,432 (+8%)
Market Low
£6,990
Market Average
£13,432
Market High
£23,267
Comparables
120 listings

Based on 120 comparable Audi A3 listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£996/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£559/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£2,114/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £13,036 (+£1,459)
Mileage-predicted: £13,473 (+£1,022)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,555/yr | 10k mi/yr £-2,114/yr | 15k mi/yr £-2,673/yr

Based on 408 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

38
Overall Listing Quality
Poor — significant gaps in information and optimisation.
Information & Buyer Appeal
Does this listing give buyers enough information to make a decision?
17/25Average
Photos
33 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
0 listed
0/8
Technical specifications
9 specs provided
7/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
21/25Good
Clear pricing
£14,495
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£279.58/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
33 photos
5/5
Key selling points
0 features highlighted
0/4
Detailed specifications
9 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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About the Dealer

Ross Car Sales

Pontarddulais, Swansea SA4 8RL