2014 FORD C-MAX — £5,500 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 14 June 2026 | Great Barford, Bedford
£5,500
73,000 miles | Diesel | Manual | MPV
Listing Quality
85/100
Good
vs Market Average
-4%
Fair Price
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
85 /100

This 2014 FORD C-MAX is listed at £5,500 by Affordable Car Centre in Great Barford. It has 73,000 miles on the clock. Priced in line with the market average of £5,739 based on 19 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,269/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2014
Make FORD
Model C-MAX
Body Style MPV
Colour Blue
Fuel Type Diesel
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 73,000 miles
Engine 1L
Seats 5
CO2 117 g/km
Euro Status Euro 5
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Power 123 BHP
Torque 125 lbs/ft
Top Speed 116 mph
0-60 mph 11.4s
Cylinders 3
Gears 6
Combined MPG 55.4 mpg
Urban MPG 44.8 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 62.8 mpg
Length 4380mm
Width 2067mm
Height 1626mm
Wheelbase 2648mm
Kerb Weight 1391 kg
All Features & Equipment (82)
Top speed116 mph0 to 6011.4 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)125Engine power (BHP)123Extra Urban (mpg)62.8Urban (mpg)44.8Combined (mpg)55.4Cylinders - bore (mm)72TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinders - stroke (mm)82CC999Cylinders3CO2 (g/km)117NOx (mg/km)0Standard Euro emissionsEuro 5Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliant2nd row airventsAir Conditioning - Dual Zone Electronic Automatic Temperature ControlAutomatic Dimming Rear View MirrorAutomatic Rain Sensing WipersBranded integrated control panelCD storageCentre Console - Premium with Sliding Armrest Stowage Bins and 12v Front and Rear SocketsCentre console - bright finish cup holder surroundsChild Observation MirrorComfort Rear Seat SystemCourtesy Light - Footwell IlluminationCourtesy Light - Front and Rear Reading LightsCourtesy Light - LED Overhead and Load CompartmentDoor lever - Satin Chrome finishDrivers Seat Lumbar SupportFloor Mats - Front Velour with Ford LogoFord Power Engine Start-Stop ButtonFront Seat - Passenger Manual Height Fore-Aft AdjustmentFront Seat - Passengers Manual Lumbar Support AdjustmentGearshift Knob - LeatherHeadliner - Luxury WovenHeated Driver and Passenger SeatsLED Ambient Courtesy LightingOverhead Console - Map Reading Lights and Sunglasses HolderOverhead Console - Mood LightingOverhead console - A5 stowagePower Driver SeatRear Seats - Three 2nd Row Individual Fold Flat Seats with Height Adjustable Head RestraintsScuff plates - Front aluminium-finish with Ford logoSeats - Drivers Manual Height and Fore-Aft AdjustmentSteering Column - Rake and Reach AdjustmentSteering Wheel - 4 Spoke Leather TrimmedSteering Wheel - MultifunctionStowage Boxes - Two underneath rear passengers foot areaSun Blinds - PowerVariable Dimming of Instrument Cluster and Radio Screen DisplayZ-Shape HandbrakeConvenience PackTitanium Family Pack17in Alloy Wheels - 5x2 Spoke - PremiumElectric Windows - Front and Rear with One TouchElectric Windows - Global Opening-ClosingFord Easy Fuel SystemHeated Front WindscreenLocking Wheel NutsPanorama RoofPower Fold Door MirrorsTyre Repair KitHeight1626mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4380mmWheelbase2648mmWidth2067mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats5Fuel tank capacity55 litresGross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkgMinimum kerb weight1391 kg
At MarketListed at £5,500 vs market average of £5,739 (-4%)
Market Low
£3,295
Market Average
£5,739
Market High
£8,476
Comparables
19 listings

Based on 19 comparable FORD C-MAX listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£776/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£246/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£1,269/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £5,912 (£-412)
Mileage-predicted: £6,341 (£-841)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,022/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,269/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,515/yr

Based on 63 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

85
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
74 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
82 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?
21/25Good
Clear pricing
£5,500
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
74 photos
5/5
Key selling points
82 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
Ford C-Max 1.0t Ecoboost Titanium X Euro 5 (s/S) 5
4/4
Meta description
2014 Ford C-Max Titanium X, Manual, In Blue. TOP S...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
99% of 142 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?
17/25Average
Schema.org Vehicle markup
Vehicle/Car structured data found
6/6
Static HTML content
Some static content but may require JS for full data
2/5
Semantic HTML structure
Spec data in structured elements
3/4
Content depth
7633 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

Affordable Car Centre

Great Barford, Bedford MK44 3LH