2012 Volkswagen up! 1.0

Price: £3,980. Fair price: £112 (2%) over the AskCar estimate of £3,868, 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 3dr (59 bhp)
  • Year: 2012
  • Mileage: 52,000 miles
  • Fuel: Petrol
  • Body: Hatchback, 3 doors, 4 seats
  • Engine: 1.0 litres, 59 bhp
  • Gearbox: Manual
  • Drive: Front-wheel drive
  • Colour: Red
  • CO2: 105 g/km
  • Emissions standard: Euro 5, ULEZ compliant

About this car

This 2012 Volkswagen up! has covered 52,000 miles. Its asking price of £3,980 is £112 above the AskCar estimate of £3,868. The AskCar estimate uses UK dealer asking prices, including 1,135 Volkswagen up! adverts, and accounts for the car’s age, mileage and specification. It first appeared in our advert records today. Ask the dealer why the advert shows fewer miles than the 52,551 recorded at the latest MOT. Its MOT is recorded as valid until 23 October 2027. The seller is Green 4 Motor Company Leamington Mazda, based in Leamington. How to contact the dealer and its opening hours are on this AskCar page.

Stock data as of 7 November 2026.

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Price

Fair price: £112 (2%) over the AskCar estimate of £3,868.

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

AskCar first saw this 2012 Volkswagen up! advertised today. About 6 in 10 of 2012 Volkswagen up! cars are gone from sale within a month of being advertised: 46 of the 82 first advertised between 12 July 2026 and 4 October 2026.

Price history

AskCar first saw this advert on 7 November 2026 at £3,980. 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 23 October 2027.

It has had 15 MOTs. The latest, on 8 October 2026, passed.

There were no advisories at the latest test.

Mileage at that test: 52,551 miles. The advert says 52,000 miles, fewer than the MOT record, so ask the dealer which is right.

Advertised mileage is about 7,300 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.