2012 AUDI A1 — £5,000 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 15 April 2026 | Preston
£5,000
90,389 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
92/100
Good
vs Market Average
-22%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
92 /100

This 2012 AUDI A1 is listed at £5,000 by KIRKHAM PART EXCHANGE CENTRE LTD in Preston. It has 90,389 miles on the clock. At 22% below the market average of £6,400, this looks competitively priced based on 33 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £2,005/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2012
Make AUDI
Model A1
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Black
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 90,389 miles
Engine 1.4L
Seats 4
CO2 124 g/km
Euro Status Euro 5
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £147.5/mo
Power 120 BHP
Torque 199 lbs/ft
Top Speed 126 mph
Cylinders 4
Gears 6
Combined MPG 53.3 mpg
Urban MPG 41.5 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 64.2 mpg
Length 3954mm
Width 1906mm
Height 1416mm
Wheelbase 2469mm
Highlights
2012 AUDI A1 1.4 TFSI CONTRAST EDITION – KIRKHAMPRESTON & BLACKPOOL – DRIVE AWAY TODAY
All Features & Equipment (75)
2012 AUDI A1 1.4 TFSI CONTRAST EDITION – KIRKHAMPRESTON & BLACKPOOL – DRIVE AWAY TODAYTop speed126 mph0 to 60 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)199Engine power (BHP)120Extra Urban (mpg)64.2Urban (mpg)41.5Combined (mpg)53.3Cylinders - bore (mm)76TransmissionManualNumber of gears6Cylinder layoutInlineCylinders - stroke (mm)76CC1,390Cylinders4CO2 (g/km)124Standard Euro emissionsEuro 5Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliantLuggage PackageComfort PackageCloth Headlining in BlackAUX-IN SocketAir ConditioningAir Vent Sleeves - High Gloss BlackAutomatic Wipers with Rain SensorConcert Radio - MP3-CD PlayerConnectivity PackageAuto-Dimming Rear-View MirrorAir Vent Sleeves - High Gloss Titanium GreyManually Adjustable Lumbar Support in Front SeatsMobile Telephone Preparation - Bluetooth InterfaceSD Card ReaderSeats - Front Height AdjustmentSplit-Folding Rear SeatsSteering Wheel - 3-Spoke Leather - Multi-function - SportsSteering Wheel - Height and Reach AdjustableSteering Wheel - Multi-function17in Alloy Wheels - 5-Arm Design Bi-ColourDoor Mirrors - Electrically AdjustableLight and Rain Sensor PackageBlack Styling PackageElectric Windows - FrontABS - Anti-Lock Braking SystemASR - Anti Slip RegulationAirbags - DriverAirbags - Front PassengerAirbags - Front Side SystemAirbags - Head SystemAlarm - Thatcham Category 1Drivers Information System - DISEBD - Electronic Brakeforce DistributionESP - Electronic Stability ProgrammeFirst Aid KitFront Passenger Airbag Deactivation SwitchISOFIX Child Seat Preparation for Rear SeatsImmobiliserRemote Central Locking with 2 Fold Away KeysVoice Control - TelephoneHeight1416mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength3954mmWheelbase2469mmWidth1906mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats4Fuel tank capacity45 litresGross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgMax towing weight (braked)kgMax towing weight (unbraked)kgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkg
Below MarketListed at £5,000 vs market average of £6,400 (-22%)
Market Low
£3,500
Market Average
£6,400
Market High
£8,990
Comparables
33 listings

Based on 33 comparable AUDI A1 listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£730/year
Mileage Impact
Moderate Depreciation
£638/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£2,005/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £5,828 (£-828)
Mileage-predicted: £8,158 (£-3,158)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,368/yr | 10k mi/yr £-2,005/yr | 15k mi/yr £-2,643/yr

Based on 284 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
29 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
75 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
£5,000
8/8
Monthly payment shown
£147.5/mo
4/4
Visual presentation
29 photos
5/5
Key selling points
75 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
Audi A1 1.4 Tfsi Contrast Edition Hatchback 3dr Pe
4/4
Meta description
2012 Audi A1 Contrast Edition, Manual, In Black. P...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
93% of 45 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
8186 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