2012 Volkswagen Golf 1.6 TDI SE
Price: £3,990. Good value: £400 (9%) under the AskCar estimate of £4,390, our expected asking price for this car from its model, age, mileage and specification, drawing on 10,545 priced Volkswagen Golf adverts on AskCar as of 4 November 2026.
AskCar lists 10,953 used Volkswagen Golf from 3,659 UK dealerships, as of 4 November 2026.
Overview
- Make: Volkswagen
- Model: Golf
- Trim: SE
- Version: 1.6 TDI SE DSG FWD Euro 5 5dr (103 bhp)
- Year: 2012
- Mileage: 89,772 miles
- Fuel: Diesel
- Body: Estate, 5 doors, 5 seats
- Engine: 1.6 litres, 103 bhp
- Gearbox: Automatic (DSG)
- Drive: Front-wheel drive
- Colour: Black
- CO2: 125 g/km
- Emissions standard: Euro 5
About this car
This 2012 Volkswagen Golf SE is advertised with 89,772 miles, approximately 5,300 above the typical mileage for its age. Priced at £3,990, it is advertised £400 below the AskCar estimate of £4,390. To work out the AskCar estimate, we analyse UK dealer adverts for 10,545 Volkswagen Golf cars across different ages and specifications. The dealer may accept less. This car has been on sale for at least 67 days. Its advertised mileage matches the government's MOT record. The seller is MJ Car Sales (Peterborough), based in Peterborough. How to contact the dealer and its opening hours are on this AskCar page.
Stock data as of 4 November 2026.
Price
Good value: £400 (9%) under the AskCar estimate of £4,390.
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 10,545 priced Volkswagen Golf adverts across different ages and specifications, as of 4 November 2026.
A 2012 Volkswagen Golf with the 1.6 diesel engine is typically advertised at £3,800: the median of the 43 for sale on AskCar, as of 4 November 2026.
Time on sale
The dealer may accept less. This 2012 Volkswagen Golf has been on sale for at least 67 days. About half of 2012 Volkswagen Golf cars are gone from sale within a month of being advertised: 123 of the 228 first advertised between 11 July 2026 and 1 October 2026.
Price history
AskCar first saw this advert on 29 August 2026 at £3,990. 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 4 November 2026: valid until 27 December 2026.
It failed its MOT on 17 December 2025 (nearside front anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt) and passed later the same day.
Advisories at the latest test: nearside front road wheel slightly distorted; nearside front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened slight scoring; offside front brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened slight scoring; and 1 more.
Mileage at that test: 85,082 miles, which matches the advertised 89,772 miles.
Advertised mileage is about 5,300 miles higher than the median mileage of a 2012 Volkswagen Golf on AskCar.
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Photos
31 photos of this car are on its AskCar page.
As of 4 November 2026, AskCar lists 592,552 cars and vans from 12,964 UK dealerships, read daily from dealer websites: over 99% of UK dealer used car adverts. No dealer pays to be listed.