2009 AUDI A3 2009 1.8 TFSI Sport Sportback 5dr Petrol S Tronic Euro 4 (160 ps) — £2,999 Listing Review

Item: 2009 AUDI A3 2009 1.8 TFSI Sport Sportback 5dr Petrol S Tronic Euro 4 (160 ps)
Rating: 43
Author: Car-Search.ai

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 5 April 2026 | Wigan

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£2,999

84,707 miles | Petrol | Automatic | Hatchback

Listing Quality

43/100

Average

vs Market Average

-59%

Below Market

Value Retention

65/100

Slow Depreciation

Our Verdict

43 /100

This 2009 AUDI A3 2009 1.8 TFSI Sport Sportback 5dr Petrol S Tronic Euro 4 (160 ps) is listed at £2,999 by Drive Thru Motors Limited in Wigan. It has 84,707 miles on the clock. At 59% below the market average of £7,278, this looks competitively priced based on 6 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,048/year in value. The listing quality is average — it could benefit from more photos or detailed specifications.

Year 2009

Make AUDI

Model A3

Trim 2009 1.8 TFSI Sport Sportback 5dr Petrol S Tronic Euro 4 (160 ps)

Body Style Hatchback

Colour Blue

Fuel Type Petrol

Gearbox Automatic

Mileage 84,707 miles

Engine 1.8L

Doors 5

Seats 5

CO2 154 g/km

Euro Status Euro 4

ULEZ Compliant Yes

All Features & Equipment (5)

NOx (mg/km)0Max loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgMax roof loadkg

Below MarketListed at £2,999 vs market average of £7,278 (-59%)

Market Low

£3,750

Market Average

£7,278

Market High

£13,979

Comparables

6 listings

Based on 6 comparable AUDI A3 listings.

Age Depreciation

Holding Value

£417/year

Mileage Impact

Slow Depreciation

£315/5k mi

Combined (10k mi/yr)

Slow Depreciation

£1,048/yr

This Vehicle vs Model

Age-predicted: £3,988 (£-989)

Mileage-predicted: £12,358 (£-9,359)

Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-732/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,048/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,363/yr

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

Overall Listing Quality

Average — some areas could be improved.

Information & Buyer Appeal

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

22/25Good

Photos

30 photos

10/10

Features & key selling points

5 listed

5/8

Technical specifications

9 specs provided

7/7

Competitiveness

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

21/25Good

Clear pricing

£2,999

8/8

Monthly payment shown

Not shown

0/4

Visual presentation

30 photos

5/5

Key selling points

5 features highlighted

4/4

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.