2012 Volkswagen up! 1.0

Price: £3,980. Fair price: £114 (2%) over the AskCar estimate of £3,866, our expected asking price for this car from its model, age, mileage and specification, drawing on 1,139 priced Volkswagen up! adverts on AskCar as of 6 November 2026.

AskCar lists 1,182 used Volkswagen up! from 808 UK dealerships, as of 6 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. The dealer is asking £3,980, which is £114 above the AskCar estimate of £3,866. To work out the AskCar estimate, we analyse UK dealer adverts for 1,139 Volkswagen up! cars across different ages and specifications. We first recorded this car for sale today. The advertised mileage is lower than the latest MOT reading of 52,551 miles. Ask the dealer to explain. Its recorded MOT is 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 6 November 2026.

How we estimate prices and check cars

Price

Fair price: £114 (2%) over the AskCar estimate of £3,866.

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 1,139 priced Volkswagen up! adverts across different ages and specifications, as of 6 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 6 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 3 October 2026.

Price history

AskCar first saw this advert on 6 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 6 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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