The new Polo BlueMotion is now available to order from Volkswagen retailers, with prices starting from £14,445 (OTR) for the three-door, and £15,045 for the five-door model.

It adopts an all-new 1.2-litre TDI three-cylinder common rail diesel engine developing 75 PS and 133 lbs ft (180 Nm) of torque available from 2,000 rpm.

This new engine, combined with longer gearing through the five-speed manual gearbox, regenerative braking and an automatic Start/Stop system, help the Polo BlueMotion emit 91 g/km of CO2 while returning an 80.7mpg on the combined cycle. This gives it a theoretical range of over 800 miles on one tank of diesel.

Manual air conditioning, cruise control and leather steering wheel are fitted as standard, and as with all models in the Polo range, a number of safety features are also fitted, including four airbags, ABS and ESP.

The the first cars expected in May. For more information visit www.volkswagen.co.uk.