2016 AUDI A3 — £10,500 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 6 April 2026 | Preston
£10,500
52,238 miles | Diesel | Manual | Saloon
Listing Quality
92/100
Good
vs Market Average
-18%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
92 /100

This 2016 AUDI A3 is listed at £10,500 by KIRKHAM PART EXCHANGE CENTRE LTD in Preston. It has 52,238 miles on the clock. At 18% below the market average of £12,821, this looks competitively priced based on 81 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,816/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2016
Make AUDI
Model A3
Body Style Saloon
Colour Red
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 52,238 miles
Engine 1.6L
Seats 4
CO2 106 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £244.12/mo
Power 108 BHP
Torque 184 lbs/ft
Top Speed 126 mph
0-60 mph 10.7s
Cylinders 4
Gears 6
Combined MPG 72.4 mpg
Urban MPG 61.4 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 80.7 mpg
Length 4458mm
Width 1960mm
Height 1416mm
Wheelbase 2637mm
Kerb Weight 1265 kg
Highlights
2016 AUDI A3 1.6 TDI SPORT SALOON – KIRKHAMLANCASHIRE – DRIVE AWAY TODAY
All Features & Equipment (71)
2016 AUDI A3 1.6 TDI SPORT SALOON – KIRKHAMLANCASHIRE – DRIVE AWAY TODAYTop speed126 mph0 to 6010.7 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)184Engine power (BHP)108Extra Urban (mpg)80.7Urban (mpg)61.4Combined (mpg)72.4Cylinders - bore (mm)80TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)80CC1,598Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)106Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAluminium Interior ElementsDoor Sill Trims with Aluminium InlayDual-Zone Electronic Climate ControlFront Centre ArmrestFront and Rear Floor MatsInlays - Aluminium Mistral SilverInterior LightingLuggage Compartment - Lashing Points x4Manual Front Seat AdjustmentNon-Smoking PackageSeats - Split Folding Rear - 60-40Steering Wheel - 3-Spoke Leather - Multi-function - SportsStorage Compartments in the Door Side Trims-Centre Console-Under Drivers SeatTool Kit and Car Jack17in Alloy Wheels - 5-Arm DesignAnti Theft Locking Wheel BoltsBody Coloured Door MirrorsChrome-Plated Exhaust Tailpipe TrimDoor Mirrors - Electrically Adjustable and Heated with Integrated LED Side IndicatorsElectric Windows - Front and RearSpace Saver Spare WheelSport Side Air Inlet Grille and Diffuser InsertWindow Surrounds - Aluminium6-Airbag System with Knee Airbag for DriverAnti-Theft AlarmAudi Drive SelectChild Locks - ManualColour Drivers Information System - DISCruise ControlESC - Electronic Stabilisation Control inc ABS - ASR and EDLElectromechanical Parking BrakeFirst Aid KitISOFIX Child Seat Mounting and Top TetherImmobiliserRemote Central Locking with 2 Fold Away KeysSeat Belt MonitoringSeat Belt Reminder for All SeatsTyre Pressure Monitoring SystemWarning TriangleHeight1416mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4458mmWheelbase2637mmWidth1960mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats4Gross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1265 kg
Below MarketListed at £10,500 vs market average of £12,821 (-18%)
Market Low
£5,400
Market Average
£12,821
Market High
£22,995
Comparables
81 listings

Based on 81 comparable AUDI A3 listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£752/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£532/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£1,816/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £11,470 (£-970)
Mileage-predicted: £14,540 (£-4,040)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,284/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,816/yr | 15k mi/yr £-2,348/yr

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

92
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?
25/25Good
Photos
30 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
71 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
22 specs provided (incl. 14 extended)
7/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
25/25Good
Clear pricing
£10,500
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£244.12/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
30 photos
5/5
Key selling points
71 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
22 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Audi A3 1.6 TDI Sport Saloon 4dr Diesel Manual Eur
4/4
Meta description
2016 Audi A3 Sport, Manual, In Red. Saloon....
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
93% of 46 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
8336 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

KIRKHAM PART EXCHANGE CENTRE LTD

Preston PR4 2RE