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Price guide · updated July 2026

Ford Fiesta prices in the UK

The average used Ford Fiesta listed for £6,886 in the UK as of July 2026 (median £5,995), based on 26,587 ScanAuctions price observations. The value sweet spot is a 2017 car at around £6,519 — 16.9% less than a 2018.

The Fiesta in the used market

The Fiesta was Britain's best-selling car for twelve straight years before Ford ended production in 2023, which explains both the enormous used supply and the oddly firm prices of late, low-mileage cars — there will never be a new one again. The value split is generational: Mk7 (2008–2017) cars are plentiful and cheap, while the Mk8 (2017–2023) holds a premium. Most of the market is the 1.0 EcoBoost, where evidence of the wet-belt service matters more to value than mileage does.

£6,886

Average price

£5,995

Median price

£2,126

Cheapest year (2008)

26,587

Cars tracked

Ford Fiesta price by year

Average and cheapest listed price per registration year, with typical mileage. Real UK observations, not book values.

Value sweet spot: 2017. A 2017 Ford Fiesta averages £6,51916.9% less than a 2018 — the biggest one-year price drop on this model. Drops this size usually sit where a model changes generation, so the saving buys the outgoing shape — check which body style the year gets you before assuming it’s the same car.

£5.0k£10k£15k£20k2008: 2,126 average (£), 327 cars£2.1k082009: 2,596 average (£), 1,020 cars2010: 2,709 average (£), 1,027 cars102011: 3,069 average (£), 1,107 cars2012: 3,336 average (£), 1,399 cars122013: 3,730 average (£), 1,824 cars2014: 4,316 average (£), 2,065 cars142015: 4,816 average (£), 2,396 cars2016: 5,508 average (£), 2,466 cars162017: 6,519 average (£), 2,165 cars£6.5k2018: 7,847 average (£), 2,617 cars182019: 9,189 average (£), 2,437 cars2020: 10,234 average (£), 1,560 cars202021: 11,392 average (£), 784 cars2022: 13,120 average (£), 1,041 cars222023: 13,767 average (£), 2,249 cars2024: 15,053 average (£), 98 cars£15k24
YearAverageCheapest seenAvg mileageCars
2024£15,053£9,99017,76498
2023£13,767£5,99522,1222,249
2022£13,120£5,75026,7921,041
2021£11,392£4,58034,492784
2020£10,23442,3131,560
2019£9,18950,1452,437
2018£7,84756,3952,617
2017£6,51959,3982,165
2016£5,50864,4002,466
2015£4,81669,4822,396
2014£4,31674,0762,065
2013£3,73078,9331,824
2012£3,33681,0051,399
2011£3,06983,1491,107
2010£2,70988,2371,027
2009£2,59688,1511,020
2008£2,126£1,00086,286327

“Cheapest seen” excludes implausibly low listings (often accident-damaged or Cat-marked cars); “—” means the lowest prices we saw weren’t representative.

Price by mileage

20152019 cars. On average, every extra 20,000 miles takes about £1,150 off the price.

MileageAverage priceCars
020,000 miles£10,252508
20,00040,000 miles£8,8732,208
40,00060,000 miles£7,4493,685
60,00080,000 miles£6,0633,064
80,000100,000 miles£4,7521,721
100,000120,000 miles£3,747631
120,000140,000 miles£3,124154
140,000160,000 miles£2,34638

By fuel type

Petrol (11,065)£6,883
Diesel (508)£5,009

By gearbox

Manual (10,988)£6,633
Automatic (1,027)£8,832

What dealers actually pay for a Fiesta

Across 6,415 Ford Fiesta listings we scanned on dealer sale platforms, the average asking price was £4,960 against an average AutoTrader retail value of £6,947 — a gap of £1,987 before fees and prep. The gap is not profit: after fees, transport and preparation, our modelled margin on the average Fiesta listing is about £506 — dealers earn by picking the right cars, not the average one.

£4,960

At auction

£6,947

Retails at

£1,987

The gap

How dealers find these cars before anyone else

Common questions

How much is a used Ford Fiesta in the UK?

As of July 2026, the average used Ford Fiesta listed for £6,886 (median £5,995), across 26,587 UK price observations tracked by ScanAuctions. Prices range from about £2,126 for a 2008 car to £15,053 for a 2024.

What is the cheapest Ford Fiesta year worth buying?

2017 is the value sweet spot: it averages £6,519, 16.9% less than a 2018, with average mileage around 59,398 miles. Older cars are cheaper still but carry higher mileage.

How much does mileage affect Ford Fiesta prices?

Across 2015–2019 cars, each additional 20,000 miles reduces the average price by roughly £1,150.

What do dealers pay for a Ford Fiesta?

Across 6,415 Ford Fiesta listings scanned on dealer-only sale platforms, the average asking price was £4,960 against an average AutoTrader retail value of £6,947 — a gap of £1,987 before fees and preparation costs.

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Methodology. Figures are computed from 26,587 Ford Fiesta price observations collected by ScanAuctions from UK marketplace and auction listings, filtered to plausible retail values and registration years. Averages are asking/listing prices, not final sold prices. Auction figures compare dealer-platform asking prices with AutoTrader retail valuations on the same cars. Last updated July 2026; refreshed monthly. Full detail: data & methodology.