2012 Volkswagen up! 1.0
Price: £3,990. Good value: £1,013 (20%) under the AskCar estimate of £5,003, our expected asking price for this car from its model, age, mileage and specification, drawing on 1,135 priced Volkswagen up! adverts on AskCar as of 7 November 2026.
AskCar lists 1,190 used Volkswagen up! from 814 UK dealerships, as of 7 November 2026.
Overview
- Make: Volkswagen
- Model: up!
- Version: 1.0 Manual FWD Euro 5
- Year: 2012
- Mileage: 46,954 miles
- Fuel: Petrol
- Body: Hatchback, 4 seats
- Engine: 1.0 litres
- Gearbox: Manual
- Drive: Front-wheel drive
- Colour: Black
- CO2: 105 g/km
- Emissions standard: Euro 5, ULEZ compliant
About this car
With 46,954 miles on the clock, this 2012 Volkswagen up! has done roughly 12,300 fewer miles than a typical 2012 Volkswagen up!. The dealer is asking £3,990, which is £1,013 below the AskCar estimate of £5,003. To work out the AskCar estimate, we analyse UK dealer adverts for 1,135 Volkswagen up! cars across different ages and specifications. We first recorded this car for sale 20 days ago. The government's MOT record matches its advertised mileage. It is advertised by Pioneer Commercial Vehicle Sales in Cheltenham. How to contact the dealer and its opening hours are on this AskCar page.
Stock data as of 7 November 2026.
Price
Good value: £1,013 (20%) under the AskCar estimate of £5,003.
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 1,135 priced Volkswagen up! adverts across different ages and specifications, as of 7 November 2026.
A 2012 Volkswagen up! with the 1.0 petrol engine is typically advertised at £4,700: the median of the 66 for sale on AskCar, as of 7 November 2026.
Time on sale
This 2012 Volkswagen up! has been on sale for at least 20 days.
Price history
AskCar first saw this advert on 18 October 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 7 November 2026: valid until 19 July 2027.
It has had 13 MOTs. The latest, on 16 July 2026, passed.
Advisories at the latest test: front sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened; rear axle corroded.
Mileage at that test: 46,213 miles, which matches the advertised 46,954 miles.
Advertised mileage is about 12,300 miles lower than the median mileage of a 2012 Volkswagen up! on AskCar.
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As of 7 November 2026, AskCar lists 601,018 cars and vans from 12,892 UK dealerships, read daily from dealer websites: over 99% of UK dealer used car adverts. No dealer pays to be listed.