2008 Volkswagen Golf 1.9 TDI SE
Price: £2,495. Good value: £583 (18%) under the AskCar estimate of £3,078, our expected asking price for this car from its model, age, mileage and specification, drawing on 10,674 priced Volkswagen Golf adverts on AskCar as of 6 November 2026.
AskCar lists 11,123 used Volkswagen Golf from 3,693 UK dealerships, as of 6 November 2026.
Overview
- Make: Volkswagen
- Model: Golf
- Trim: SE
- Version: 1.9 SE DSG FWD Euro 4 5dr
- Year: 2008
- Mileage: 103,027 miles
- Fuel: Diesel
- Body: Estate, 5 doors, 5 seats
- Engine: 1.9 litres
- Gearbox: Automatic (DSG)
- Drive: Front-wheel drive
- Colour: Grey
- CO2: 139 g/km
- Emissions standard: Euro 4
About this car
With 103,027 miles on the clock, this 2008 Volkswagen Golf SE has done roughly 9,600 more miles than a typical 2008 Volkswagen Golf. Its asking price of £2,495 is £583 below the AskCar estimate of £3,078. To work out the AskCar estimate, we analyse UK dealer adverts for 10,674 Volkswagen Golf cars across different ages and specifications. We first recorded this car for sale 45 days ago. Its advertised mileage matches the government's MOT record. The seller is Automotivation, based in Luton. How to contact the dealer and its opening hours are on this AskCar page.
Stock data as of 6 November 2026.
Price
Good value: £583 (18%) under the AskCar estimate of £3,078.
The AskCar estimate is our expected asking price for this car. It uses UK dealer asking prices, accounting for make, model, trim, version, age, mileage, fuel, gearbox, body type, driven wheels, engine size and power. It is an advertised price, not a confirmed sale price.
It draws on 10,674 priced Volkswagen Golf adverts across different ages and specifications, as of 6 November 2026.
Time on sale
This 2008 Volkswagen Golf has been on sale for at least 45 days.
Price history
AskCar first saw this advert on 22 September 2026 at £2,495. Its asking price has not changed.
Mileage and MOT
MOT, from the government's MOT records (DVSA, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency), as of 6 November 2026: valid until 26 April 2027.
It failed its MOT on 20 April 2026 (front windscreen washer not working; front windscreen wiper not working; anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault; and 3 more) and passed 1 day later, on 21 April 2026.
Advisories at the latest test: offside front side repeater lens defective which has no effect on emitted light; nearside rear coil spring corroded; rear sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened; and 4 more.
Mileage at that test: 102,153 miles, which matches the advertised 103,027 miles.
Advertised mileage is about 9,600 miles higher than the median mileage of a 2008 Volkswagen Golf on AskCar.
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Photos
23 photos of this car are on its AskCar page.
As of 6 November 2026, AskCar lists 598,752 cars and vans from 12,905 UK dealerships, read daily from dealer websites: over 99% of UK dealer used car adverts. No dealer pays to be listed.