2012 Mercedes-Benz A-CLASS — £4,995 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 17 April 2026 | Tooting Bec, London
£4,995
61,000 miles | Petrol | Automatic | Hatchback
Listing Quality
90/100
Good
vs Market Average
-49%
Below Market
Value Retention
25/100
Steep Depreciation
Our Verdict
90 /100

This 2012 Mercedes-Benz A-CLASS is listed at £4,995 by Balham Cars London Ltd in Tooting Bec. It has 61,000 miles on the clock. At 49% below the market average of £9,729, this looks competitively priced based on 26 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £3,011/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2012
Make Mercedes-Benz
Model A-CLASS
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Black
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Automatic
Mileage 61,000 miles
Engine 1.5L
Seats 5
CO2 164 g/km
Euro Status Euro 5
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £100.43/mo
Power 95 BHP
Torque 103 lbs/ft
Top Speed 106 mph
0-60 mph 13.5s
Cylinders 4
Combined MPG 41.5 mpg
Urban MPG 32.5 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 49.6 mpg
Length 3883mm
Width 1764mm
Height 1593mm
Wheelbase 2568mm
All Features & Equipment (58)
Top speed106 mph0 to 6013.5 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)103Engine power (BHP)95Extra Urban (mpg)49.6Urban (mpg)32.5Combined (mpg)41.5Cylinders - bore (mm)83TransmissionAutomaticCylinders - stroke (mm)69CC1,498Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)164NOx (mg/km)0Standard Euro emissionsEuro 5Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliant12V Socket in Front Centre Console and 12V Socket in Rear Passenger CompartmentAutomatically Dimming Rear - View MirrorOutside Temperature GaugeTrim - Smoke Grey Brushed Aluminium16in Alloy Wheels (4) - 5 - Spoke Design with 195/55 Tyres and Locking Wheel BoltsBumpers - Body - ColouredDoor Mirrors - Electrically Adjustable and HeatedSpare Wheel - Space - SaverAcceleration Skid Control (ASR)Airbags - Dual - Stage, DriverAirbags - Dual - Stage, Front PassengerAirbags - Head/Thorax Sidebags for Driver and Front PassengerAlarm SystemAnti - Lock Braking System (ABS) with Brake Assist (BAS)Centre Rear Seat BeltElectronic Stability Programme (ESP)Front Fog LampsHead Restraints Front/RearHeadlamp Assist - Automatic Headlamp ActivationHigh - Level Third Brake LampHill Start AssistImmobiliserISOFIX and Top - Tether Child Seat Fixing Points in Rear (Two Outer Seats)Parameter Steering - Speed Sensitive Power SteeringRemote Central LockingSeat Belt Pre - Tensioners - Front and Rear (Outer)Tyre Pressure Loss Warning SystemHeight1593mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength3883mmWheelbase2568mmWidth1764mmWidth 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 loadkg
Below MarketListed at £4,995 vs market average of £9,729 (-49%)
Market Low
£6,995
Market Average
£9,729
Market High
£16,990
Comparables
26 listings

Based on 26 comparable Mercedes-Benz A-CLASS listings.

Age Depreciation
Moderate Depreciation
£1,525/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£743/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Steep Depreciation
£3,011/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £10,778 (£-5,783)
Mileage-predicted: £13,790 (£-8,795)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-2,268/yr | 10k mi/yr £-3,011/yr | 15k mi/yr £-3,754/yr

Based on 547 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

90
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
13 photos
8/10
Features & key selling points
58 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
20 specs provided (incl. 12 extended)
7/7
Competitiveness
How well does this listing compete against similar vehicles for buyer attention?
25/25Good
Clear pricing
£4,995
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£100.43/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
13 photos
5/5
Key selling points
58 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
20 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Mercedes-Benz A-Class Automatic 1.5 A160 Avantgard
4/4
Meta description
2012 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Avantgarde Se, Automati...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
93% of 27 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
6725 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
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About the Dealer

Balham Cars London Ltd

Tooting Bec, London SW17 7AA