2018 BMW M5 — £41,995 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 18 May 2026 | Bickershaw, Wigan
£41,995
61,000 miles | Petrol | Automatic | Saloon
Listing Quality
84/100
Good
vs Market Average
-4%
Fair Price
Value Retention
10/100
Very Steep Depreciation
Our Verdict
84 /100

This 2018 BMW M5 is listed at £41,995 by SJ Specialist Cars Ltd in Bickershaw. It has 61,000 miles on the clock. Priced in line with the market average of £43,547 based on 4 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £9,738/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2018
Make BMW
Model M5
Body Style Saloon
Colour Purple
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 61,000 miles
Engine 4.4L
All Features & Equipment (116)
BMW Display Key £235Comfort Package £1,195M Drivers Package £2,095Seat Heating - Front and Rear £325Soft Close Doors £435Steering Wheel - Heated £185Sun Protection Glazing £390Through-Loading System £335Universal Remote Control £195Total value of factory fitted extras £5,390Top speed155 mph0 to 603.3 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)553Engine power (BHP)616Combined (mpg)24.1Cylinders - bore (mm)89TransmissionAutomaticNumber of gears8Cylinders - stroke (mm)88CC4,395Cylinders8CO2 (g/km)246NOx (mg/km)0Ultra Low Emission ZoneTBCAir Conditioning - Automatic with Four Zone ControlAmbient LightingArmrestsBMW Gesture ControlBattery in Luggage Compartment with Jump Start Facility in Engine BayBootlid Operation - PoweredCup Holders - Front x2 and Rear x2Digital CockpitDoor Sill Finishers - Illuminated with M5 DesignationFavourite ButtonsFloor Mats - VelourFootwell Lights - Front and RearGlove Compartment - Lockable and IlluminatedHeadlining - Anthracite AlcantaraInterior Rear-View Mirror with Automatic Anti-Dazzle FunctionInterior Trim - Aluminium Carbon Structure with Highlight Trim Finisher Pearl ChromeLumbar Support - Driver and Front PassengerM Leather Steering WheelM Multifunctional Seats for Driver and Front PassengerMultifunction Controls for Steering WheelRain Sensor with Automatic Headlight ActivationReading Lights - Front and RearSeat Adjustment - Front Electric with Driver MemorySeat Heating - FrontSteering Column with Electric Adjustment of Height and LengthSteering Wheel - Gearshift PaddlesTwo Tone Horn20in Alloy Wheels - Y-Spoke Style 789 M Bicolour with Mixed TyresActive Air Stream Kidney GrilleAll Round Anti-Corrosion SystemBMW Individual High-Gloss Shadowline with Extended ContentsCarbon Fibre RoofDoor Handle Inserts in Body ColourElectric Windows - Front and Rear with Open-Close Fingertip Control - Anti-Trap Facility and Comfort Closing FunctionEngine Cover with M DesignationExterior Door Handle IlluminationExterior Mirrors - Folding with Anti DazzleExterior Trim - High Gloss ShadowlineLocking Wheel Bolts - Thatcham ApprovedM Rear SpoilerM Specific Exterior Mirrors - Foldable - Electrically Adjustable and HeatedM Sport Exhaust SystemM5 Competition Designation to Boot Lid in BlackMobility KitSide Gills with M5 DesignationWindscreen Washer Jets - HeatedHeight1473mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4966mmWheelbase2982mmWidth2126mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seatsGross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1875 kgActive GuardAirbagsAlarm System - Thatcham 1 with Remote Control and Engine ImmobiliserAnti Roll Bars - Front and RearBrake AssistBrake Force DisplayChild Seat ISOFIX Attachment - Outer Rear Seats - includes Top TetherComfort Access with Smart OpenerCrash Sensor - Activating Central Locking - Hazard Warning Lights - Fuel Cut Off - Interior LightsCruise Control with Brake FunctionDSC - Dynamic Stability Control - Stabilises the Vehicle in Extreme Situations - Controls TractionDeformation Zones - Front and RearDriving AssistantElectro Mechanical Parking Brake With Automatic Drive-Away and Auto-Hold FunctionFirst Aid Kit and Warning TriangleHead Restraints - Front Anti-WhiplashHead-Up DisplayM Seat BeltsOBC - On-Board ComputerOBD - On Board DiagnosisOil Sensor For Level and GradePDC - Park Distance Control - Front and RearParking Assistant PlusReversing Assist CameraSeat Belts - Front - Inertia Reel with Pyrotechnical Belt Latch Tensioner - Belt Force Limiter and Belt RestrainerSeat Belts - Rear - Three with Inertia ReelSide Impact ProtectionSpeed Limit FunctionTPMS - Tyre Pressure Monitoring SystemiDrive Touch Controller with Shortcut Buttons
At MarketListed at £41,995 vs market average of £43,547 (-4%)
Market Low
£37,500
Market Average
£43,547
Market High
£59,202
Comparables
4 listings

Based on 4 comparable BMW M5 listings.

Age Depreciation
Steep Depreciation
£4,368/year
Mileage Impact
Very Steep Depreciation
£2,685/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Very Steep Depreciation
£9,738/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £40,996 (+£999)
Mileage-predicted: £39,298 (+£2,697)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-7,053/yr | 10k mi/yr £-9,738/yr | 15k mi/yr £-12,423/yr

Based on 24 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

84
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?
23/25Good
Photos
45 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
116 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
6 specs provided
5/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
19/25Good
Clear pricing
£41,995
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
45 photos
5/5
Key selling points
116 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
6 specs provided
2/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
BMW M5 4.4i V8 Competition Saloon 4dr Petrol Stept
4/4
Meta description
2018 BMW M5 Competition, Automatic, In Purple. Sta...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
97% of 94 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
10008 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.

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About the Dealer

SJ Specialist Cars Ltd

Bickershaw, Wigan WN2 4SZ