2012 Volkswagen Golf 1.6 TDI
Price: £2,999. Good value: £297 (9%) under the AskCar estimate of £3,296, our expected asking price for this car from its model, age, mileage and specification, drawing on 10,548 priced Volkswagen Golf adverts on AskCar as of 5 November 2026.
AskCar lists 10,998 used Volkswagen Golf from 3,671 UK dealerships, as of 5 November 2026.
Overview
- Make: Volkswagen
- Model: Golf
- Version: 1.6 TDI S Manual FWD Euro 5 5dr (103 bhp)
- Year: 2012
- Mileage: 109,111 miles
- Fuel: Diesel
- Body: Hatchback, 5 doors, 5 seats
- Engine: 1.6 litres, 103 bhp
- Gearbox: Manual
- Drive: Front-wheel drive
- Colour: Black
- CO2: 119 g/km
- Emissions standard: Euro 5
About this car
This 2012 Volkswagen Golf is advertised with 109,111 miles on the clock. The dealer is asking £2,999, which is £297 below the AskCar estimate of £3,296. To work out the AskCar estimate, we analyse UK dealer adverts for 10,548 Volkswagen Golf cars across different ages and specifications. It first appeared in our advert records 110 days ago. The advertised mileage is lower than the latest MOT reading of 113,638 miles. Ask the dealer to explain. Its MOT is recorded as valid until 6 December 2026. It is advertised by RS Cars in Penarth. How to contact the dealer and its opening hours are on this AskCar page.
Stock data as of 5 November 2026.
Price
Good value: £297 (9%) under the AskCar estimate of £3,296.
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 10,548 priced Volkswagen Golf adverts across different ages and specifications, as of 5 November 2026.
A 2012 Volkswagen Golf with the 1.6 diesel engine is typically advertised at £3,700: the median of the 42 for sale on AskCar, as of 5 November 2026.
Time on sale
This 2012 Volkswagen Golf has been on sale for at least 110 days.
Price history
AskCar first saw this advert on 18 July 2026 at £2,999. 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 5 November 2026: valid until 6 December 2026.
It has had 16 MOTs. The latest, on 15 November 2025, passed.
There were no advisories at the latest test.
Mileage at that test: 113,638 miles. The advert says 109,111 miles, fewer than the MOT record, so ask the dealer which is right.
Advertised mileage is about 24,100 miles higher than the median mileage of a 2012 Volkswagen Golf on AskCar.
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Photos
30 photos of this car are on its AskCar page.
As of 5 November 2026, AskCar lists 595,776 cars and vans from 12,945 UK dealerships, read daily from dealer websites: over 99% of UK dealer used car adverts. No dealer pays to be listed.