2009 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF — £1,495 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 30 April 2026 | Berkeley, Gloucestershire
£1,495
162,000 miles | Petrol | Manual
Listing Quality
85/100
Good
vs Market Average
-15%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
85 /100

This 2009 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF is listed at £1,495 by Alisons Automotive Group in Berkeley. It has 162,000 miles on the clock. At 15% below the market average of £1,762, this looks competitively priced based on 2 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,640/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2009
Make VOLKSWAGEN
Model GOLF
Colour Blue
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 162,000 miles
Engine 1.4L
Seats 5
CO2 144 g/km
Euro Status Euro 5
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Power 120 BHP
Torque 148 lbs/ft
Top Speed 124 mph
0-60 mph 9.5s
Cylinders 4
Gears 6
Combined MPG 45.6 mpg
Urban MPG 34.4 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 55.4 mpg
Length 4199mm
Width 1786mm
Height 1480mm
Wheelbase 2578mm
Kerb Weight 1290 kg
Highlights
JUST TAKEN IN PART EXCHANGENO WARRANTY GIVEN OR IMPLIEDANY INSPECTION WELCOME!! STARTS & DRIVES WELL!! CALL FOR MORE DETAILS!!
All Features & Equipment (39)
JUST TAKEN IN PART EXCHANGENO WARRANTY GIVEN OR IMPLIEDANY INSPECTION WELCOME!! STARTS & DRIVES WELL!! CALL FOR MORE DETAILS!!Top speed124 mph0 to 609.5 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)148Engine power (BHP)120Extra Urban (mpg)55.4Urban (mpg)34.4Combined (mpg)45.6Cylinders - bore (mm)76TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)76CC1,390Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)144Standard Euro emissionsEuro 5Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAir Conditioning Climatic semi Automatic ControlDelete Air ConditioningMultifunction computer- Midline15in Steel WheelsHeight1480mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4199mmWheelbase2578mmWidth1786mmWidth 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 weight1290 kg
Below MarketListed at £1,495 vs market average of £1,762 (-15%)
Market Low
£1,495
Market Average
£1,762
Market High
£2,028
Comparables
2 listings

Based on 2 comparable VOLKSWAGEN GOLF listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£672/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£484/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£1,640/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £4,057 (£-2,562)
Mileage-predicted: £1,584 (£-89)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,156/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,640/yr | 15k mi/yr £-2,124/yr

Based on 742 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

85
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?
22/25Good
Photos
11 photos
8/10
Features & key selling points
41 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
21 specs provided (incl. 14 extended)
6/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
21/25Good
Clear pricing
£1,495
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
11 photos
5/5
Key selling points
41 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
21 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Volkswagen Golf 1.4 TSI S Hatchback 5dr Petrol Man
4/4
Meta description
2009 Volkswagen Golf S, Manual, In Blue. PLEASE RE...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
94% of 18 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
6857 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

Alisons Automotive Group

Berkeley, Gloucestershire GL13 9ET