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Price guide · updated July 2026

Ford Focus prices in the UK

The average used Ford Focus listed for £8,927 in the UK as of July 2026 (median £7,500), based on 22,367 ScanAuctions price observations. The value sweet spot is a 2015 car at around £5,243 — 26.6% less than a 2016.

The Focus in the used market

The Focus is the Fiesta's bigger, cheaper-per-pound shadow: family-hatch practicality with the same enormous supply, and production likewise ended in 2025. Mk3 cars (2011–2018) are the value heart of the market; the Mk4 (2018 on) drives noticeably better but hasn't fully depreciated yet. The 1.0 EcoBoost wet-belt caveat applies here exactly as it does on the Fiesta.

£8,927

Average price

£7,500

Median price

£2,515

Cheapest year (2008)

22,367

Cars tracked

Ford Focus price by year

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

Value sweet spot: 2015. A 2015 Ford Focus averages £5,24326.6% less than a 2016 — 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.

£6.3k£13k£19k£25k2008: 2,515 average (£), 326 cars£2.5k082009: 4,400 average (£), 502 cars2010: 4,170 average (£), 511 cars102011: 2,790 average (£), 829 cars2012: 3,215 average (£), 1,268 cars122013: 3,648 average (£), 1,302 cars2014: 4,004 average (£), 1,538 cars142015: 5,243 average (£), 1,931 cars£5.2k2016: 7,143 average (£), 1,706 cars162017: 8,050 average (£), 1,928 cars2018: 8,923 average (£), 1,526 cars182019: 10,044 average (£), 2,331 cars2020: 11,655 average (£), 1,630 cars202021: 12,624 average (£), 808 cars2022: 14,682 average (£), 790 cars222023: 16,456 average (£), 2,048 cars2024: 18,776 average (£), 666 cars242025: 21,258 average (£), 511 cars2026: 22,522 average (£), 197 cars£23k26
YearAverageCheapest seenAvg mileageCars
2026£22,5221,938197
2025£21,2586,216511
2024£18,776£8,92515,950666
2023£16,456£7,75025,8972,048
2022£14,682£6,99535,265790
2021£12,62443,365808
2020£11,655£4,98951,2361,630
2019£10,04459,5082,331
2018£8,92361,7981,526
2017£8,05067,6381,928
2016£7,14373,5241,706
2015£5,24381,6471,931
2014£4,00483,6241,538
2013£3,64885,8541,302
2012£3,21591,5011,268
2011£2,79096,064829
2010£4,17091,730511
2009£4,40090,087502
2008£2,51592,725326

“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 £1,800 off the price.

MileageAverage priceCars
020,000 miles£17,387205
20,00040,000 miles£11,9121,127
40,00060,000 miles£9,1262,501
60,00080,000 miles£7,4402,554
80,000100,000 miles£5,8621,747
100,000120,000 miles£4,886829
120,000140,000 miles£4,220276
140,000160,000 miles£3,32480
160,000180,000 miles£3,03928

By fuel type

Petrol (6,553)£8,239
Diesel (2,504)£7,163

By gearbox

Manual (7,796)£7,832
Automatic (1,562)£8,695

What dealers actually pay for a Focus

Across 4,899 Ford Focus listings we scanned on dealer sale platforms, the average asking price was £6,818 against an average AutoTrader retail value of £8,995 — a gap of £2,177 before fees and prep. The gap is not profit: after fees, transport and preparation, our modelled margin on the average Focus listing is about £467 — dealers earn by picking the right cars, not the average one.

£6,818

At auction

£8,995

Retails at

£2,177

The gap

How dealers find these cars before anyone else

Common questions

How much is a used Ford Focus in the UK?

As of July 2026, the average used Ford Focus listed for £8,927 (median £7,500), across 22,367 UK price observations tracked by ScanAuctions. Prices range from about £2,515 for a 2008 car to £22,522 for a 2026.

What is the cheapest Ford Focus year worth buying?

2015 is the value sweet spot: it averages £5,243, 26.6% less than a 2016, with average mileage around 81,647 miles. Older cars are cheaper still but carry higher mileage.

How much does mileage affect Ford Focus prices?

Across 2015–2019 cars, each additional 20,000 miles reduces the average price by roughly £1,800.

What do dealers pay for a Ford Focus?

Across 4,899 Ford Focus listings scanned on dealer-only sale platforms, the average asking price was £6,818 against an average AutoTrader retail value of £8,995 — a gap of £2,177 before fees and preparation costs.

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Methodology. Figures are computed from 22,367 Ford Focus 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.