2011 VOLKSWAGEN POLO 1.2 SE Hatchback 3dr Petrol Manual Euro 5 (70 ps) — £2,495 Listing Review

Item: 2011 VOLKSWAGEN POLO 1.2 SE Hatchback 3dr Petrol Manual Euro 5 (70 ps)
Rating: 39
Author: Car-Search.ai

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 5 April 2026 | Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester

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£2,495

120,000 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback

Listing Quality

39/100

Poor

vs Market Average

-23%

Below Market

Value Retention

45/100

Moderate Depreciation

Our Verdict

39 /100

This 2011 VOLKSWAGEN POLO 1.2 SE Hatchback 3dr Petrol Manual Euro 5 (70 ps) is listed at £2,495 by Chorlton Car Sales limited in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. It has 120,000 miles on the clock. At 23% below the market average of £3,253, this looks competitively priced based on 5 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,854/year in value. The listing quality is poor — limited photos and sparse specifications make it harder to assess this vehicle remotely.

Year 2011

Make VOLKSWAGEN

Model POLO

Trim 1.2 SE Hatchback 3dr Petrol Manual Euro 5 (70 ps)

Body Style Hatchback

Fuel Type Petrol

Gearbox Manual

Mileage 120,000 miles

Engine 1.2L

Seats 5

Highlights

ESP - Electronic Stability ProgrammeHeight and Reach Adjustable Steering WheelAir ConditioningTyre Repair KitBlack

All Features & Equipment (5)

ESP - Electronic Stability ProgrammeHeight and Reach Adjustable Steering WheelAir ConditioningTyre Repair KitBlack

Below MarketListed at £2,495 vs market average of £3,253 (-23%)

Market Low

£2,495

Market Average

£3,253

Market High

£3,999

Comparables

5 listings

Based on 5 comparable VOLKSWAGEN POLO listings.

Age Depreciation

Slow Depreciation

£636/year

Mileage Impact

Moderate Depreciation

£609/5k mi

Combined (10k mi/yr)

Moderate Depreciation

£1,854/yr

This Vehicle vs Model

Age-predicted: £5,275 (£-2,780)

Mileage-predicted: £6,057 (£-3,562)

Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,245/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,854/yr | 15k mi/yr £-2,463/yr

Based on 389 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

Overall Listing Quality

Poor — significant gaps in information and optimisation.

Information & Buyer Appeal

Does this listing give buyers enough information to make a decision?

20/25Good

Photos

37 photos

10/10

Features & key selling points

5 listed

5/8

Technical specifications

6 specs provided

5/7

Competitiveness

How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?

19/25Good

Clear pricing

£2,495

8/8

Monthly payment shown

Not shown

0/4

Visual presentation

37 photos

5/5

Key selling points

5 features highlighted

4/4

Detailed specifications

6 specs provided

2/4

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.