2018 KIA PICANTO — £6,499 Listing Review

Reviewed by Car-Search.ai | 15 April 2026 | Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil
£6,499
60,254 miles | Petrol | Manual | Hatchback
Listing Quality
82/100
Good
vs Market Average
+1%
Fair Price
Value Retention
65/100
Slow Depreciation
Our Verdict
82 /100

This 2018 KIA PICANTO is listed at £6,499 by Empressive Motor Co Ltd in Dowlais. It has 60,254 miles on the clock. Priced in line with the market average of £6,412 based on 18 comparable listings. Our depreciation analysis shows this vehicle is losing approximately £1,216/year in value. The listing quality is good, with adequate photos and specifications provided.

Year 2018
Make KIA
Model PICANTO
Body Style Hatchback
Colour Red
Fuel Type Petrol
Gearbox Manual
Mileage 60,254 miles
Engine 1L
All Features & Equipment (87)
Top speed100 mph0 to 6013.8 secondsEngine torque (lbs/ft)71Engine power (BHP)66Combined (mpg)50.4Cylinders - bore (mm)71TransmissionManualNumber of gears5Cylinders - stroke (mm)84CC998Cylinders3CO2 (g/km)114NOx (mg/km)0Standard Euro emissionsEuro 6Ultra Low Emission ZoneCompliant1 x Coat Hooks - Rear3 x Passenger Assist Grips60-40 Split Folding 2nd Row SeatsAir ConditioningAll-Round Height Adjustable HeadrestsCentre Console CupholdersDriver and Front Passenger Sunvisors with Vanity MirrorDrivers Seat Height AdjustmentFront Cabin LightFront Passenger Seatback PocketGloveboxHigh Gloss Lower Centre Fascia Trim - Door Armrest and Air VentsLeather Trimmed Steering Wheel with Leather Trimmed GearshiftLuggage Area LightLuggage Area Parcel ShelfSilver Paint Finished Interior Door HandlesSliding and Reclining Front SeatsSpeed Variable Front WipersSteering Wheel Mounted Audio ControlsTilt Steering Wheel Adjustment14in Alloy WheelsBlack Radiator Grille with Chrome SurroundBody Coloured BumpersBody Coloured Exterior Mirrors and Exterior HandlesElectrically Adjustable and Heated Door MirrorsFront and Rear Electric Windows with Drivers Auto Up-Down FunctionHeated Rear WindowLocking Wheel NutsRear Fog LightTinted GlassTMK - Tyre Mobility KitHeight1485mmHeight inclusive of roof railsmmLength3595mmWheelbase2400mmWidth1595mmWidth 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 loadkgMinimum kerb weight935 kgABS with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution - EBD and Brake Assist System - BASAll-Round 3-Point SeatbeltsAnti-Theft Alarm SystemChild Safety Rear Door LocksEmergency Stop Signalling - ESSEngine ImmobiliserESC - Electronic Stability ControlExternal Temperature DisplayFront Passenger Airbag Cut Off SwitchFront Seatbelt Height AdjustersFront Seatbelt Pre-Tensioners and Load LimitersHill-Start Assist Control - HACImpact Sensing Auto Door UnlockingISOFIX Child Seat Top Tethers and Anchor FixingsRear Wiper-WasherRemote Central Locking with Folding KeySeatbelt Reminder WarningSide Impact Protection SystemTachometerTrip ComputerTwin Curtain AirbagsTwin Front AirbagsTwin Side Airbags - FrontTyre Pressure Monitoring System - TPMSVisible Vehicle Identification Number - VIN
At MarketListed at £6,499 vs market average of £6,412 (+1%)
Market Low
£3,750
Market Average
£6,412
Market High
£8,500
Comparables
18 listings

Based on 18 comparable KIA PICANTO listings.

Age Depreciation
Holding Value
£292/year
Mileage Impact
Slow Depreciation
£462/5k mi
Combined (10k mi/yr)
Slow Depreciation
£1,216/yr
This Vehicle vs Model
Age-predicted: £7,605 (£-1,106)
Mileage-predicted: £6,616 (£-117)
Scenarios: 5k mi/yr £-754/yr | 10k mi/yr £-1,216/yr | 15k mi/yr £-1,679/yr

Based on 98 comparable listings. Slopes from smoothed depreciation curves.

82
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
21 photos
10/10
Features & key selling points
87 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
£6,499
8/8
Monthly payment shown
Not shown
0/4
Visual presentation
21 photos
5/5
Key selling points
87 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
Kia Picanto 1.0 2 Hatchback 5dr Petrol Manual Euro
4/4
Meta description
2018 Kia Picanto 2, Manual, In Red.....
4/4
Canonical URL
Present
3/3
Open Graph tags
Missing or incomplete
0/3
Image alt text
95% of 42 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?
18/25Good
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
Generic div/span markup — harder for AI to parse
1/4
Content depth
9976 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.

Independent review — we are not affiliated with the dealer.

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About the Dealer

Empressive Motor Co Ltd

Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2SR