2016 VAUXHALL ASTRA — £4,995 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 28 April 2026 | Tooting Bec, London
£4,995
64,000 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
90/100
Good
vs Market Average
-29%
Below Market
Value Retention
45/100
Moderate Depreciation
Our Verdict
90 /100

This 2016 VAUXHALL ASTRA is listed at £4,995 by Balham Cars London Ltd in Tooting Bec. It has 64,000 miles on the clock. At 29% below the market average of £7,020, this looks competitively priced based on 69 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,580/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2016
Make VAUXHALL
Model ASTRA
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Black
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 64,000 miles
Engine 1L
Seats 5
CO2 102 g/km
Euro Status Euro 6
ULEZ Compliant Compliant
Monthly Payment £100.43/mo
Power 104 BHP
Torque 125 lbs/ft
Top Speed 121 mph
0-60 mph 10.5s
Cylinders 3
Gears 5
Combined MPG 65.7 mpg
Urban MPG 55.4 mpg
Extra Urban MPG 74.3 mpg
Length 4370mm
Width 2042mm
Height 1485mm
Wheelbase 2662mm
Highlights
£20 ROAD TAX A YEARGOOD FIRST CARCRUISE CONTROLAUX/USB PLUGSBLUETOOTHALLOYSMOT 29/09/2026ISOFIX SEATSCUP HOLDERS
All Features & Equipment (140)
£20 ROAD TAX A YEARGOOD FIRST CARCRUISE CONTROLAUX/USB PLUGSBLUETOOTHALLOYSMOT 29/09/2026ISOFIX SEATSCUP HOLDERSTop speed121 mph0 to 6010.5 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)125Engine power (BHP)104Extra Urban (mpg)74.3Urban (mpg)55.4Combined (mpg)65.7Cylinders - bore (mm)74TransmissionManualNumber of gears5Cylinders - stroke (mm)77CC999Cylinders3CO2 (g/km)102Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliant60-40 Split-Folding Rear Seat BackAir ConditioningAntelao Sand Trim Inserts on Front DoorsAnti-Submarining Ramps in All SeatsBlack Door Panels with Black Atlantis Cloth InsertsBlack Facia with Antelao Sand Trim InsertsCentral Front Courtesy LightCentral Rear Courtesy LightChrome Effect Interior Door HandlesComfort Front SeatsDipping Rear-View MirrorDrivers and Front Passengers SunvisorsFade Up-Fade Down Courtesy LightsFour Adjustable Facia VentsFour Load Restraint Lashing EyesFront Door PocketsFront Passenger Vanity MirrorFully Carpeted Load AreaGlovebox with LidHeight-Adjustable Front Seat Head RestraintsIlluminated Load AreaInterior Tailgate HandleLuggage Compartment CoverRake and Reach Adjustable SteeringRear Door PocketsSide Window Demist VentsSteering Wheel - Mounted Audio ControlsSteering Wheel - Three-Spoke Design - Satin Chrome-Effect BezelStorage Box On Drivers Side Lower FaciaThree Height Adjustable Rear Seat Head RestraintsThree Person LayoutTwin Gas Assisted Tailgate StrutsTwo Drinks Holders in Front Centre ConsoleTwo Speed Windscreen Wipers with Variable Intermittent WipeWindscreen Demist Vents16in Alloy WheelsBody-Colour Door HandlesBody-Coloured Rear Roof SpoilerChrome Effect HeadlightsChrome Effect Upper Window TrimChrome-Effect Front Grille BarDoor Mirrors - Body ColourElectrically Operated Front and Rear Windows with Safety Autoreverse and One-Touch FacilityGloss Black C-PillarsHeated Rear Screen with Automatic Timed Cut-offHeated Rear WindowIntermittent Rear Window Wash-WipeLaminated WindscreenLED Side Repeat IndicatorsLocking Wheel Bolts for Alloy WheelsManually Foldable Door MirrorsMatt Black B-PillarsRear Fog LightReversing LightsSolar Heat Absorbing WindscreenTinted WindowsTwin Electrically Adjustable - Heated Door MirrorsUpper and Lower Bumper DesignABS - Anti-Lock Braking SystemAdaptive Brake LightsAirbag - DriversAirbags - Front PassengerBonnet - Headlight - Wiper StructureBurst-Proof Door Locks and Anti-Jam Door DesignCentral Facia DisplayChild Proof Locks on Rear DoorsCruise Control with Speed LimiterDeactivation Switch for Front Passengers AirbagDeformation Zones Front and RearDigital Fuel Gauge with Low Fuel Level Warning LightDigital Water Temperature Gauge with Warning LightDriver Information DisplayEBD - Electronic Brakeforce DistributionElectronically Protected Audio EquipmentEmergency Brake AssistEnergy Absorbing Steering ColumnEngine Deadlock ImmobiliserESP - Electronic Stability ProgrammeFading Brake SupportFreewheeling Door LocksFront and Outer Rear Seatbelt Force LimitersFront and Outer Rear Seatbelt Pretensioner SystemFront and Rear Seatbelt Unfastened Audible Warning and Warning LightFull Size Curtain Airbags for Driver - Front Passenger and Outer Rear Seat PassengersHazard Warning LightsHeight Adjustable Front Inertia-Reel Lap and Diagonal SeatbeltsHill Start AssistISOFIX Child Seat Mountings Incorporating Top Tether Anchor Points Located on Outer Rear SeatsKey Left in Ignition Audible WarningMulti-Function Trip ComputerPedal Release SystemReinforced Passenger Safety CellRemote Control Central LockingRev CounterShift - Up-Down Indication LightSide Impact Protection BeamsSpeedometerThree Inertia-Reel Lap and Diagonal Rear SeatbeltsTPMS - Tyre Pressure Monitoring SystemTraction ControlTwo Front Seat Side-Impact AirbagsVIN - Visible Vehicle Identification NumberHeight1485mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength4370mmWheelbase2662mmWidth2042mmWidth including mirrorsmmLuggage capacity (seats up) litresLuggage capacity (seats down) litresNumber of seats5Gross vehicle weight kgMax loading weightkgTurning circle (kerb to kerb) metresMax roof loadkg
Below MarketListed at £4,995 vs market average of £7,020 (-29%)
Market Low
£1,850
Market Average
£7,020
Market High
£13,485
Comparables
69 listings

Based on 69 comparable VAUXHALL ASTRA listings.

Age Depreciation
Slow Depreciation
£682/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£449/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Moderate Depreciation
£1,580/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £7,140 (£-2,145)
Mileage-predicted: £7,289 (£-2,294)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-1,131/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,580/yr | 15k mi/yr £-2,028/yr

Based on 216 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
11 photos
8/10
Features & key selling points
148 listed
8/8
Technical specifications
21 specs provided (incl. 13 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
11 photos
5/5
Key selling points
148 features highlighted
4/4
Detailed specifications
21 specs provided
4/4
SEO Quality
Analysed from the actual dealer listing page HTML
22/25Good
Page title tag
Vauxhall Astra 1.0i Turbo Ecoflex Design Hatchback
4/4
Meta description
2016 Vauxhall Astra Design, Manual, In Black. £20 ...
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
92% of 25 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
7347 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

Balham Cars London Ltd

Tooting Bec, London SW17 7AA