2018 FORD FOCUS 1.5 EcoBlue Zetec Estate 5dr Diesel Manual Euro 6 (s/s) (120 ps) — £7,999 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 16 April 2026 | Cardiff
£7,999
82,000 miles | Diesel | Manual | Estate
Listing Quality
31/100
Poor
vs Market Average
-10%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
31 /100

This 2018 FORD FOCUS 1.5 EcoBlue Zetec Estate 5dr Diesel Manual Euro 6 (s/s) (120 ps) is listed at £7,999 by Cardiff Cars in Cardiff. It has 82,000 miles on the clock. At 10% below the market average of £8,918, this looks competitively priced based on 132 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,818/year in value. The listing quality is poor — limited photos and sparse specifications make it harder to assess this vehicle remotely.

Year 2018
Make FORD
Model FOCUS
Trim 1.5 EcoBlue Zetec Estate 5dr Diesel Manual Euro 6 (s/s) (120 ps)
Body Style Estate
Colour White
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 82,000 miles
Engine 1.5L
Seats 5
CO2 97 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Yes
Monthly Payment £154.48/mo
All Features & Equipment (5)
NOx (mg/km)0Max loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgMax roof loadkg
Below MarketListed at £7,999 vs market average of £8,918 (-10%)
Market Low
£3,950
Market Average
£8,918
Market High
£18,995
Comparables
132 listings

Based on 132 comparable FORD FOCUS listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£740/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£539/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£1,818/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £9,682 (£-1,683)
Mileage-predicted: £8,188 (£-189)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,279/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,818/yr | 15k mi/yr £-2,356/yr

Based on 523 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

31
Overall Listing Quality
Poor — significant gaps in information and optimisation.
Information & Buyer Appeal
Does this listing give buyers enough information to make a decision?
11/25Average
Photos
0 photos
0/10
Features & key selling points
5 listed
5/8
Technical specifications
8 specs provided
6/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
20/25Good
Clear pricing
£7,999
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£154.48/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
0 photos
0/5
Key selling points
5 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
8 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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