2018 Ford Focus — £7,970 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 15 April 2026 | Cranleigh
£7,970
68,849 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
50/100
Average
vs Market Average
-16%
Below Market
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
50 /100

This 2018 Ford Focus is listed at £7,970 by Surrey Specialist Cars (SSC) in Cranleigh. It has 68,849 miles on the clock. At 16% below the market average of £9,528, this looks competitively priced based on 166 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,398/year in value. The listing quality is average — it could benefit from more photos or detailed specifications.

Year 2018
Make Ford
Model Focus
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Blue
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 68,849 miles
Engine 1L
Doors 5
Seats 5
CO2 107 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Yes
Road Tax £195/yr
Monthly Payment £152.5/mo
All Features & Equipment (44)
16in Alloy Wheels - 15 Spoke - Sparkle SilverAirbags - Driver and Front PassengerAirbags - Front and Rear Side CurtainAirbags - Front Side ImpactAmbient LightingAutomatic Dimming Rear View MirrorBody Colour BumpersCruise Control with Speed LimiterDEATC - Dual-Zone Electronic Automatic Temperature ControlDoor Handles - Body ColourDoor Mirrors - Electrically-operated - Heated - Power-Foldable - Body Colour Housings - Side Indicators - Puddle LightsElectric Parking BrakeFord Key Free System - Keyless Entry with Keyless StartFord SYNC3 DAB Navigation SystemFordPass ConnectFront and Rear Floor MatsFront and Rear Seatbelt MinderFront Passenger Airbag Deactivation SwitchFront Seat - Drivers Manual Lumbar Support AdjustmentFront Seats - Driver and Passenger Heated SeatsFront Upper Grille - Chrome - Horizontal BarsHeadlights - Automatic On-OffInstrument Cluster - 4.2in Colour TFT DisplayKeyless EntryLane Keeping Aid with Lane Departure WarningLED Daytime Running LightsMyKeyParking Sensor - Front and RearPassenger Seat Manual Height and Lumbar AdjustPost Collision BrakingPre-Collision Assist with Autonomous Emergency Braking and Pedestrian-Cyclist DetectionPre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian DetectionQuickclear Heated WindscreenRain Sensitive Windshield WipersRear Centre HeadrestRear Lights - LEDRemote Central Locking and Engine ImmobiliserSelectable Drive ModeSpare Wheel - Mini SteelSteering Wheel - 3-Spoke - Leather TrimmedThatcham Category 1 AlarmTrip ComputerTyre Pressure Monitoring SystemWindows - Electrically Operated Front and Rear with One Touch Opening and Closing
Below MarketListed at £7,970 vs market average of £9,528 (-16%)
Market Low
£3,990
Market Average
£9,528
Market High
£18,995
Comparables
166 listings

Based on 166 comparable Ford Focus listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£740/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£329/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£1,398/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £9,682 (£-1,712)
Mileage-predicted: £9,407 (£-1,437)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,069/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,398/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,727/yr

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

50
Overall Listing Quality
Average — some areas could be improved.
Information & Buyer Appeal
Does this listing give buyers enough information to make a decision?
25/25Good
Photos
70 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
44 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
9 specs provided
7/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
25/25Good
Clear pricing
£7,970
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£152.5/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
70 photos
5/5
Key selling points
44 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.

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