MOTORPOINT, the Derbyshire-based car supermarket, has achieved record diesel sales for September, up 9% on the same time last year.

The group credits the increase to the introduction of more refined diesel engines and model variants with Motorpoint expecting September diesel sales to account for 25% of its total sales. The most popular selling diesels at Motorpoint include the Volkswagen Golf GT TDI, Ford Mondeo Ghia X TDCi, Ford Galaxy Ghia TDCi and the Peugeot 307 2.0 HDi.