2012 Volkswagen up! 1.0
Price: £3,995. Good value: £1,201 (23%) under the AskCar estimate of £5,196, our expected asking price for this car from its model, age, mileage and specification, drawing on 1,119 priced Volkswagen up! adverts on AskCar as of 4 November 2026.
AskCar lists 1,158 used Volkswagen up! from 789 UK dealerships, as of 4 November 2026.
Overview
- Make: Volkswagen
- Model: up!
- Version: 1.0 Manual FWD 3dr
- Year: 2012
- Mileage: 36,000 miles
- Fuel: Petrol
- Body: Hatchback, 3 doors, 4 seats
- Engine: 1.0 litres
- Gearbox: Manual
- Drive: Front-wheel drive
- Colour: Red
- CO2: 105 g/km
About this car
This 2012 Volkswagen up! has covered 36,000 miles, around 25,500 fewer miles than is typical for its age. Priced at £3,995, it is advertised £1,201 below the AskCar estimate of £5,196. To work out the AskCar estimate, we analyse UK dealer adverts for 1,119 Volkswagen up! cars across different ages and specifications. The dealer may accept less: this car has been on sale for at least 108 days. We checked its advertised mileage against the government's MOT record, and they match. You can find this car at Pennyhill Car Sales in Oldbury. How to contact the dealer and its opening hours are on this AskCar page.
Stock data as of 4 November 2026.
Price
Good value: £1,201 (23%) under the AskCar estimate of £5,196.
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 1,119 priced Volkswagen up! adverts across different ages and specifications, as of 4 November 2026.
A 2012 Volkswagen up! with the 1.0 petrol engine is typically advertised at £4,600: the median of the 67 for sale on AskCar, as of 4 November 2026.
Time on sale
The dealer may accept less. This 2012 Volkswagen up! has been on sale for at least 108 days. About 6 in 10 of 2012 Volkswagen up! cars are gone from sale within a month of being advertised: 45 of the 81 first advertised between 12 July 2026 and 1 October 2026.
Price history
AskCar first saw this advert on 19 July 2026 at £3,995. 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 23 July 2027.
It has had 13 MOTs. The latest, on 24 July 2026, passed.
There were no advisories at the latest test.
Mileage at that test: 36,041 miles, which matches the advertised 36,000 miles.
Advertised mileage is about 25,500 miles lower than the median mileage of a 2012 Volkswagen up! on AskCar.
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Photos
27 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.