2018 PEUGEOT 208 — £4,895 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 28 April 2026 | Horwich, Bolton
£4,895
72,000 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
82/100
Good
vs Market Average
-30%
Below Market
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
82 /100

This 2018 PEUGEOT 208 is listed at £4,895 by Affordable Cars Horwich in Horwich. It has 72,000 miles on the clock. At 30% below the market average of £7,016, this looks competitively priced based on 16 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,223/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2018
Make PEUGEOT
Model 208
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Grey
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 72,000 miles
Engine 1.2L
Highlights
1.2 PureTech Active Hatchback 5dr Petrol Manual Euro 6 (s/s) (82 ps) 2 KeysService History.
All Features & Equipment (72)
1.2 PureTech Active Hatchback 5dr Petrol Manual Euro 6 (s/s) (82 ps) 2 KeysService History.Top speed109 mph0 to 6013.5 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)87Engine power (BHP)81Combined (mpg)51.5Cylinders - bore (mm)75TransmissionManualNumber of gears5Cylinders - stroke (mm)91CC1,199Cylinders3CO2 (g/km)110NOx (mg/km)0Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAluminium Effect on PedalsDriver Seat Height AdjustmentHeight and Reach Adjustable Steering WheelInterior Lights with Illuminated Footwell - LEDLeather Trimmed Steering WheelManual Air Conditioning with Glovebox VentPassenger Seat Height AdjustmentPassenger and Driver Sunvisors with Vanity MirrorsRear Head Restraints x3Seats - 2-3 - 1-3 Rear BenchSteering Wheel Mounted Controls15in Steel Spare Wheel16in Steel Wheels - ZirconiumColour Coded Door HandlesColour Coded Door MirrorsElectric Front WindowsElectrically Operated and Heated Door MirrorsLED IndicatorsOne Touch Electric Front Drivers WindowRear Fog LightHeight1460mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength3973mmWheelbase2538mmWidth2004mmWidth 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 weight1080 kg3 Point Rear Seat Belts x 3ABS with Electronic Brake Force Distributor EBD and Emergency Brake Assist EBAAirbags - Curtain Front and RearAirbags - Front SideAutomatic Hazard Light ActivationChild Safety Door LockingCruise ControlDeadlocksDriver and Passenger Airbag with Passenger Airbag Deactivation SwitchESP - Electronic Stability Program - with Hill AssistExternal Temperature GaugeGear Shift IndicatorRear Seat 3 Point ISOFIX Location Mounts x2Rear Wash WipeRemote Control Central LockingSeatbelt AlarmThatcham Approved Cat 2 ImmobiliserTrip ComputerTyre Pressure Sensors
Below MarketListed at £4,895 vs market average of £7,016 (-30%)
Market Low
£3,975
Market Average
£7,016
Market High
£10,990
Comparables
16 listings

Based on 16 comparable PEUGEOT 208 listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£1,270/year
Mileage Impact
Holding Value
£23/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£1,223/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £7,980 (£-3,085)
Mileage-predicted: £6,288 (£-1,393)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,246/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,223/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,200/yr

Based on 145 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

82
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
47 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
72 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
£4,895
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
47 photos
5/5
Key selling points
72 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
Peugeot 208 1.2 Puretech Active Hatchback 5dr Petr
4/4
Meta description
2018 Peugeot 208 Active, Manual, In Grey. 2 Keys, ...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
98% of 96 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?
18/25Good
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
Generic div/span markup — harder for AI to parse
1/4
Content depth
6602 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

Affordable Cars Horwich

Horwich, Bolton BL6 7BR