2012 Volkswagen up! 1.0
Price: £4,290. Above the going rate: £490 (12%) over the AskCar estimate of £3,800, our expected asking price for this car from its model, age, mileage and specification, drawing on 1,109 priced Volkswagen up! adverts on AskCar as of 8 November 2026.
AskCar lists 1,164 used Volkswagen up! from 797 UK dealerships, as of 8 November 2026.
Overview
- Make: Volkswagen
- Model: up!
- Version: 1.0 Manual FWD Euro 5 3dr
- Year: 2012
- Mileage: 81,000 miles
- Fuel: Petrol
- Body: Hatchback, 3 doors, 4 seats
- Engine: 1.0 litres
- Gearbox: Manual
- Drive: Front-wheel drive
- Colour: Black
- CO2: 108 g/km
- Emissions standard: Euro 5, ULEZ compliant
About this car
This 2012 Volkswagen up! is advertised with 81,000 miles on the clock. Its asking price of £4,290 is £490 above the AskCar estimate of £3,800. The AskCar estimate uses 1,109 UK dealer adverts for the Volkswagen up!, with adjustments for age, mileage, trim, engine and other specifications. We first recorded this car for sale 2 days ago. The last MOT shows 81,893 miles, more than the advert. This is worth checking with the dealer. Its MOT is recorded as valid until 12 September 2027. The seller is Luxvi Motors, based in Bury. How to contact the dealer and its opening hours are on this AskCar page.
Stock data as of 8 November 2026.
Price
Above the going rate: £490 (12%) over the AskCar estimate of £3,800.
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 1,109 priced Volkswagen up! adverts across different ages and specifications, as of 8 November 2026.
A 2012 Volkswagen up! with the 1.0 petrol engine is typically advertised at £4,600: the median of the 65 for sale on AskCar, as of 8 November 2026.
Time on sale
AskCar first saw this 2012 Volkswagen up! advertised 2 days ago. About 6 in 10 of 2012 Volkswagen up! cars are gone from sale within a month of being advertised: 46 of the 83 first advertised between 12 July 2026 and 5 October 2026.
Price history
AskCar first saw this advert on 6 November 2026 at £4,150. Its asking price is now £4,290, £140 more.
Price changes recorded:
- 6 November 2026: £4,150
- 7 November 2026: £4,290
Mileage and MOT
MOT, from the government's MOT records (DVSA, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency), as of 8 November 2026: valid until 12 September 2027.
It failed its MOT on 9 September 2026 (central rear brake performance unable to be tested wheel cylinder leaking; nearside front brake hose ferrule excessively corroded; offside front brake hose ferrule excessively corroded) and passed 4 days later, on 13 September 2026.
Advisories at the latest test: offside front suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened; nearside front suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened; front sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened; and 7 more.
Mileage at that test: 81,893 miles. The advert says 81,000 miles, fewer than the MOT record, so ask the dealer which is right.
Advertised mileage is about 22,000 miles higher than the median mileage of a 2012 Volkswagen up! on AskCar.
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Photos
46 photos of this car are on its AskCar page.
As of 8 November 2026, AskCar lists 595,762 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.