2021 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF — £12,494 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 29 April 2026 | Berkeley, Gloucestershire
£12,494
75,000 miles | Petrol | Manual
Listing Quality
89/100
Good
vs Market Average
-11%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
89 /100

This 2021 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF is listed at £12,494 by Alisons Automotive Group in Berkeley. It has 75,000 miles on the clock. At 11% below the market average of £14,037, this looks competitively priced based on 124 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £2,445/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2021
Make VOLKSWAGEN
Model GOLF
Colour White
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 75,000 miles
Engine 1.5L
Seats 5
CO2 125 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £236.04/mo
Power 128 BHP
Torque 148 lbs/ft
Top Speed 133 mph
0-60 mph 9.2s
Cylinders 4
Gears 6
Combined MPG 51.4 mpg
Length 4284mm
Width 2073mm
Height 1491mm
Wheelbase 2619mm
Kerb Weight 1231 kg
All Features & Equipment (62)
Top speed133 mph0 to 609.2 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)148Engine power (BHP)128Combined (mpg)51.4Cylinders - bore (mm)75TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)86CC1,498Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)125Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantCar2XCarpet Mats - Front and RearCup Holders - Front x2Drivers and Front Passengers Safety Optimised Head RestraintsDrivers and Front Passengers Sun Visors with Vanity MirrorsDust and Pollen FilterFootwell Illumination - Front and RearFront Centre Armrest with Storage CompartmentFront Seats with Lumbar AdjustmentGloveboxHeight and Reach Adjustable Steering WheelHighway LightInterior Ambient LightingLeather Trimmed Gear KnobLeather Trimmed Three-Spoke Multifunction Steering WheelLuggage Compartment LightLuxury Brown Wood Decorative InsertPremium USB CableSplit Folding Backrest - Unsplit Rear Seat BenchThree Rear Head RestraintsWelcome LightWoven Fabric Storage Compartments in Front and Rear Doors17in Alloy Wheels - BelmontBody Coloured Door Handles and Mirrors with Integrated IndicatorsBody Coloured Rear SpoilerElectric Windows - Front and RearHeat Insulating Tinted Glass In Side and Rear WindowsHeated Rear WindscreenIlluminated Front GrilleRear Fog Light on One Side and Reversing Lights on Both SidesTyre Mobility KitHeight1491mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4284mmWheelbase2619mmWidth2073mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats5Fuel tank capacity45 litresGross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1231 kg
Below MarketListed at £12,494 vs market average of £14,037 (-11%)
Market Low
£7,500
Market Average
£14,037
Market High
£21,650
Comparables
124 listings

Based on 124 comparable VOLKSWAGEN GOLF listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£1,157/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£644/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£2,445/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £16,765 (£-4,271)
Mileage-predicted: £12,594 (£-100)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,801/yr | 10k mi/yr £-2,445/yr | 15k mi/yr £-3,089/yr

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

89
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
14 photos
8/10
Features & key selling points
62 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
19 specs provided (incl. 12 extended)
6/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
25/25Good
Clear pricing
£12,494
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£236.04/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
14 photos
5/5
Key selling points
62 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
19 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Volkswagen Golf 1.5 TSI Style Hatchback 5dr Petrol
4/4
Meta description
2021 Volkswagen Golf Style, Manual, In White. 1 OW...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
100% of 20 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
7506 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