2018 MINI HATCH — £12,400 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 5 May 2026 | Bury Rd, Ipswich
£12,400
45,560 miles | Petrol | Automatic | Hatchback
Listing Quality
84/100
Good
vs Market Average
+6%
Above Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
84 /100

This 2018 MINI HATCH is listed at £12,400 by Hammond Cars in Bury Rd. It has 45,560 miles on the clock. At 6% above the market average of £11,734, this is priced on the higher side compared to 157 similar listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £2,262/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2018
Make MINI
Model HATCH
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Grey
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 45,560 miles
Engine 2L
All Features & Equipment (131)
17in Alloy Wheels - Cosmos in Black £550Air Conditioning - Automatic Dual Zone £325Bonnet Stripes - Black £110CHILI Pack £2,000Chrome Line Interior £110Cross Punch Leather - Carbon Black - Carbon Black £1,075Cruise Control with Brake Function £185Darkened Rear Glass £220Front Centre Armrest £110Heated Front Windscreen £185Interior Light Pack £110Interior Trim - Piano Black £105MINI Driving Modes £135MINI Excitement Pack £160PDC - Park Distance Control - Rear £260Rain Sensor and Automatic Headlight Activation £90Storage Compartment Pack £120Thunder Grey £525Total value of factory fitted extras £6,375Top speed145 mph0 to 606.7 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)206Engine power (BHP)189Extra Urban (mpg)64.2Urban (mpg)42.8Combined (mpg)54.3Cylinders - bore (mm)82TransmissionAutomaticNumber of gears7Cylinders - stroke (mm)95CC1,998Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)126Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantAir Conditioning - ManualAutomatic Door Window Lowering by Approx 6mm When Door OpensBoot Release via Remote ControlColour Line - Carbon BlackCupholders - Two in Front and One in the Rear Centre ConsoleDecorative Rings Surrounding Dashboard Instruments in Chrome PlatedDoor Sill Finishers - Metal Look and Model Dependent LetteringEasy Entry Access to the Rear Seats and Memory Function for Driver's Seat BaseExternal Visible VINFoldable Rear Backrest 60-40Gearshift Lever Knob - LeatherGearshift-Selector Lever and Handbrake Lever Gaiters in Sensatec Artificial LeatherHandbrake Lever Grip - PlasticHeadliner - Satellite GreyHeadrests x4 - Manually Adjustable - Two Rear Folding HeadrestsInterior Door Handles - Chrome PlatedInterior Lights - Integrated into Centre Front HeadlinerInterior Mirror - Mechanical Anti-DazzleInterior Surface in Black Chequered DesignInterior Trim - Black ChequeredJohn Cooper Works Sport Leather Steering WheelLashing Eyes in Luggage CompartmentLuggage Compartment - LightMechanical Seat Adjustment - Six Way Drivers SeatMicrofilterMultifunction Controls for Steering WheelNon Smoker PackageOddments Trays at Rear - Right and LeftPersonal ProfileReversing LightSport Seats for Driver and Front PassengerStart-Stop Button with Keyless StartSteering Wheel Column Adjustment Mechanically in Height and LengthStorage OptionsSun Visors with Integrated Vanity Mirrors on Drivers and Passengers SidesTool Kit in Luggage CompartmentTwin Horns16in Alloy Wheels - Loop Spoke in SilverChrome Bezels around Rear Lights and HeadlightsChrome-Plated Fuel Filler Cap in Rear Right Side Panel - Linked to Central LockingDoor Handles - Chrome PlatedEngine Scoop in Body ColourExhaust Tailpipe - Visible Double Round Central with Chrome FinishersExterior Mirrors - Aspheric on Drivers Side - Electrically AdjustableFront Side Indicators - WhiteHeated Mirrors and Windscreen Washer JetsHeated Rear Window with Automatic DeactivationHeated Window HeaterMINI Mobility SystemMirror Caps in Body ColourRadiator Grille - Chrome Border with Honeycomb Structure in Batt Matt with S LogoRear Fog LightRoof Spoiler Painted in Roof ColourRoof in Body ColourSecurity Locking Wheel BoltsSide Scuttles Chrome-Plated with Red S Lettering with Integrated Direction Indicator WhiteSills - Bumper Edges - Wheel Arch Cover in BlackStainless Steel Embellisher at Bottom Edge of all WindowsTailgate Handle - High Gloss BlackWhite IndicatorsWindow Lifts - Electrical for Drivers and Front Passengers SidesHeight1414mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength3850mmWheelbase2495mmWidth1727mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats4Gross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1175 kg3 Point Seatbelts on all SeatsAirbags for Driver and Front Passenger - 6 Airbags as StandardAlarm and Immobiliser - Thatcham CAT 1Anti-Lock Braking System - ABSBrake Pad Wear IndicatorCondition Based ServiceCrash SensorDTC - Dynamic Traction Control with EDLC - Electronic Differential Lock ControlDynamic Stability Control - DSCFront Passenger ISOFIX and Airbag De-Activation SwitchFuel Pump Automatic Cut-Off in Crash SituationLocking System with Central LockingMINI Central Display with LED RingOn-Board ComputerPerformance ControlRear Window WiperRevolution CounterSpeedometer on Steering ColumnTPWS - Tyre Pressure Warning System
Above MarketListed at £12,400 vs market average of £11,734 (+6%)
Market Low
£5,475
Market Average
£11,734
Market High
£22,995
Comparables
157 listings

Based on 157 comparable MINI HATCH listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£1,019/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£621/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£2,262/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £11,529 (+£871)
Mileage-predicted: £11,840 (+£560)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,640/yr | 10k mi/yr £-2,262/yr | 15k mi/yr £-2,883/yr

Based on 504 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
31 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
131 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
£12,400
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
31 photos
5/5
Key selling points
131 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
MINI Hatch 2.0 Cooper S Hatchback 3dr Petrol Stept
4/4
Meta description
2018 MINI Hatch Cooper S, Automatic, In Grey. SERV...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
95% of 82 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
9443 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

Hammond Cars

Bury Rd, Ipswich IP1 5QL