2012 AUDI A1 — £6,695 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 15 April 2026 | Tooting Bec, London
£6,695
79,000 miles | Petrol | Automatic | Hatchback
Listing Quality
92/100
Good
vs Market Average
+2%
Fair Price
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
92 /100

This 2012 AUDI A1 is listed at £6,695 by Balham Cars London Ltd in Tooting Bec. It has 79,000 miles on the clock. Priced in line with the market average of £6,552 based on 30 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,095/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2012
Make AUDI
Model A1
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Blue
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 79,000 miles
Engine 1.39L
Seats 5
CO2 122 g/km
Euro Status Euro 5
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £134.62/mo
Power 120 BHP
Torque 147 lbs/ft
Top Speed 126 mph
0-60 mph 9.0s
Cylinders 4
Gears 7
Combined MPG 53.3 mpg
Urban MPG 43.5 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 61.4 mpg
Length 3954mm
Width 1906mm
Height 1422mm
Wheelbase 2469mm
Kerb Weight 1150 kg
Highlights
MOTGOOD SERVICE HISTORYSAT/NAVBLUETOOTHPRIVACY GLASSHALF LEATHER/ISOFIX SEATSALLOYSPRIVACY GLASSCUP HOLDERSMEDIA PLUGLEATHER STEERING WHEEL/GEAR/HANDBRAKE
All Features & Equipment (71)
MOTGOOD SERVICE HISTORYSAT/NAVBLUETOOTHPRIVACY GLASSHALF LEATHER/ISOFIX SEATSALLOYSCUP HOLDERSMEDIA PLUGLEATHER STEERING WHEEL/GEAR/HANDBRAKETop speed126 mph0 to 609.0 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)147Engine power (BHP)120Extra Urban (mpg)61.4Urban (mpg)43.5Combined (mpg)53.3Cylinders - bore (mm)76TransmissionAutomaticNumber of gears7Cylinders - stroke (mm)76CC1,390Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)122NOx (mg/km)0Standard Euro emissionsEuro 5Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAir ConditioningAir Vent Sleeves - High Gloss BlackManually Adjustable Lumbar Support in Front SeatsSeats - Front Height AdjustmentSplit-Folding Rear SeatsSteering Wheel - 3-Spoke Leather - Multi-function - SportsSteering Wheel - Height and Reach AdjustableSteering Wheel - Multi-function16in Alloy Wheels - 10-Spoke DesignDoor Mirrors - Electrically AdjustableElectric Windows - FrontElectric Windows - Front and RearABS - Anti-Lock Braking SystemAirbags - DriverAirbags - Front PassengerAirbags - Front Side SystemAirbags - Head SystemAlarm - Thatcham Category 1ASR - Anti Slip RegulationAudi Hill Hold AssistDrivers Information System - DISEBD - Electronic Brakeforce DistributionESP - Electronic Stability ProgrammeFirst Aid KitFront Passenger Airbag Deactivation SwitchImmobiliserISOFIX Child Seat Preparation for Rear SeatsVoice Control - TelephoneHeight1422mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength3954mmWheelbase2469mmWidth1906mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats5Gross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1150 kg
At MarketListed at £6,695 vs market average of £6,552 (+2%)
Market Low
£3,250
Market Average
£6,552
Market High
£8,990
Comparables
30 listings

Based on 30 comparable AUDI A1 listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£730/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£183/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£1,095/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £5,828 (+£867)
Mileage-predicted: £8,947 (£-2,252)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-913/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,095/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,278/yr

Based on 284 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
30 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
81 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
£6,695
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£134.62/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
30 photos
5/5
Key selling points
81 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 A1 1.4 Tfsi Sport Sportback 5dr Petrol S Tron
4/4
Meta description
2012 Audi A1 Sport, Automatic, In Blue. PRIVACY GL...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
95% of 44 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
6617 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

Balham Cars London Ltd

Tooting Bec, London SW17 7AA