2012 Volkswagen Polo 1.2
Price: £2,500. Good value: £228 (8%) under the AskCar estimate of £2,728, our expected asking price for this car from its model, age, mileage and specification, drawing on 8,098 priced Volkswagen Polo adverts on AskCar as of 2 November 2026.
AskCar lists 8,441 used Volkswagen Polo from 2,780 UK dealerships, as of 2 November 2026.
Overview
- Make: Volkswagen
- Model: Polo
- Version: 1.2 Manual FWD Euro 5 3dr (59 bhp)
- Year: 2012
- Mileage: 118,500 miles
- Fuel: Petrol
- Body: Hatchback, 3 doors, 5 seats
- Engine: 1.2 litres, 59 bhp
- Gearbox: Manual
- Drive: Front-wheel drive
- Colour: Red
- CO2: 128 g/km
- Emissions standard: Euro 5, ULEZ compliant
About this car
With 118,500 miles on the clock, this 2012 Volkswagen Polo has done roughly 47,000 more miles than a typical 2012 Volkswagen Polo. The dealer is asking £2,500, which is £228 below the AskCar estimate of £2,728. To work out the AskCar estimate, we analyse UK dealer adverts for 8,098 Volkswagen Polo cars across different ages and specifications. We have tracked this advert for 12 days. Its advertised mileage matches the government's MOT record. It is advertised by Motor Magnet in Peterborough. How to contact the dealer and its opening hours are on this AskCar page.
Stock data as of 2 November 2026.
Price
Good value: £228 (8%) under the AskCar estimate of £2,728.
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 8,098 priced Volkswagen Polo adverts across different ages and specifications, as of 2 November 2026.
A 2012 Volkswagen Polo with the 1.2 petrol engine is typically advertised at £4,700: the median of the 118 for sale on AskCar, as of 2 November 2026.
Time on sale
This 2012 Volkswagen Polo has been on sale for at least 12 days.
Price history
AskCar first saw this advert on 21 October 2026 at £2,500. 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 2 November 2026: valid until 3 March 2027.
It has had 18 MOTs. The latest, on 26 February 2026, passed.
Advisories at the latest test: offside registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources; exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases.
Mileage at that test: 114,700 miles, which matches the advertised 118,500 miles.
Advertised mileage is about 47,000 miles higher than the median mileage of a 2012 Volkswagen Polo on AskCar.
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Photos
17 photos of this car are on its AskCar page.
As of 2 November 2026, AskCar lists 586,270 cars and vans from 12,920 UK dealerships, read daily from dealer websites: over 99% of UK dealer used car adverts. No dealer pays to be listed.