Vehicle and method of controlling the automatic stopping and restarting an internal combustion engine

A motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine, a manual transmission with a clutch and a controller. The control means is adapted in response to receiving a signal indicating an initiated by the controller deceleration event when the vehicle is operating with the clutch engaged, to command the engine to shut down before a Verbrennungsmotorabwurgschwelle to prevent stalling. A method for controlling a vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a manual transmission with a clutch comprises: in response to receiving a signal indicative of a deceleration event is above a threshold value when the vehicle is operating with the clutch engaged, engine stop before a Verbrennungsmotorabwurgschwelle, to prevent stalling.