2018 BMW 3 SERIES — £15,191 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 24 April 2026 | Worsley, Manchester
£15,191
70,000 miles | Diesel | Automatic | Saloon
Listing Quality
84/100
Good
vs Market Average
-8%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
84 /100

This 2018 BMW 3 SERIES is listed at £15,191 by Newarth Car Sales in Worsley. It has 70,000 miles on the clock. At 8% below the market average of £16,486, this looks competitively priced based on 138 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £2,796/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2018
Make BMW
Model 3 SERIES
Body Style Saloon
Colour Blue
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 70,000 miles
Engine 2L
Doors 4
All Features & Equipment (95)
Windscreen with Grey Shade Band £60Armrest - Front with Sliding Adjustment £45Lumbar Support - Driver and Front Passenger £265Seat Heating for Driver and Front Passenger £350Reversing Assist Camera £330Variable Sport Steering £230Total value of factory fitted extras £1,280Top speed143 mph0 to 607.3 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)295Engine power (BHP)187Extra Urban (mpg)64.2Urban (mpg)53.3Combined (mpg)60.1Cylinders - bore (mm)84TransmissionAutomaticNumber of gears8Cylinders - stroke (mm)90CC1,995Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)124Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAir Conditioning - Automatic with Two-Zone ControlAmbient Lighting - Switchable BMW Classic Orange - Cold White - LEDArmrest - Front - Folding with Storage CompartmentArmrest - Rear Centre with Two CupholdersAutomatically Dimming Rear View MirrorBottle Holders Integrated into Door Trim Storage CompartmentsCentral Locking Switch - Doors - Fuel Filler Cap - Luggage CompartmentCup Holders - Two in Front with Sliding LidDoor Sill Finishers - M Designation - FrontExtended LightingFloor Mats - VelourGlove Box Opener with Chrome SpiderGrab Handles - Integrated in Roof Lining x4Handbrake and Gear Knob - LeatherHeadlining - AnthraciteInterior LightingInterior Trim - Aluminium Dark Carbon with Pearl Chrome FinisherLashing Eyes in Luggage Compartment x4Luggage Compartment - LightM Sport Instrument ClusterNon Smokers PackagePersonal ProfileRain Sensor with Automatic Headlight ActivationRear Seat Headrests - ThreeSide Armrests - Front and Rear Integrated into Door TrimSport Seats - FrontStart-Stop Button with Comfort Go Keyless Engine Start and Auto Start-Stop Deactivation ButtonSteering Column with Manual Reach and Rake AdjustmentSteering Wheel - M Sport Leather MultifunctionStorage Compartment in Rear Centre Console - Front and Rear Door Trims and Under Luggage CompartmentSun Visors with Vanity Mirrors and Ticket HolderTool Kit Located in Luggage CompartmentTwin HornsWelcome Lighting - LEDWindscreen Wipers - Two-Speed with Adjustable IntervalsArmrest - Front with Sliding AdjustmentLumbar Support - Driver and Front PassengerSeat Heating for Driver and Front PassengerBlack High-Gloss Kidney Grille Frame with Black SlatsDirection Indicator - Side Repeaters - Integrated in Exterior MirrorsElectric Windows - Front and RearExterior Mirrors - Heated - Electrically AdjustableExterior Parts in Body ColourExterior Trim - High-Gloss ShadowlineHeat Protection Glazing with Green TintHeated Windscreen Washer JetsHigh-Gloss Shadow Line with Extended ContentsM Aerodynamic BodystylingMirror Caps - Black High GlossModel DesignationRun Flat TyresSide Exterior M Designation BadgesSun Protection GlazingTyres - Reduced Rolling ResistanceWindscreen with Grey Shade BandHeight1441mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4633mmWheelbase2810mmWidth2031mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats5Fuel tank capacity57 litresGross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1510 kg
Below MarketListed at £15,191 vs market average of £16,486 (-8%)
Market Low
£4,810
Market Average
£16,486
Market High
£43,500
Comparables
138 listings

Based on 138 comparable BMW 3 SERIES listings.

Age Depreciation
Moderate Depreciation
£2,096/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£350/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£2,796/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £16,571 (£-1,380)
Mileage-predicted: £15,473 (£-282)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-2,446/yr | 10k mi/yr £-2,796/yr | 15k mi/yr £-3,146/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?
23/25Good
Photos
76 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
95 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
7 specs provided
5/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
21/25Good
Clear pricing
£15,191
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
76 photos
5/5
Key selling points
95 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
7 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
BMW 3 Series 2.0 320d M Sport Shadow Edition Auto
4/4
Meta description
2018 BMW 3 Series M Sport Shadow Edition, Automati...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
99% of 155 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?
18/25Good
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
Generic div/span markup — harder for AI to parse
1/4
Content depth
10598 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

Newarth Car Sales

Worsley, Manchester M28 3GW