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A profile of Steve McQueen: Autoweek archives

For today's Autoweek archive feature, we are highlighting an article by Denise McCluggage from February 1981. McCluggage knew McQueen and recalls her encounters with the “King of Cool” through the years until his death. Before becoming a star, McQueen and McCluggage met over their mutual love of automobiles, more specifically the MG-TC, which both subsequently owned.

Stop-Start Freelander on the way

Land Rover has announced that it will be introducing stop-start technology on its Freelander range from May 2009, thus saving around 8% on the Co2 emissions, and taking the Freelander down a group on VED, which should help move a few more Freelanders off forecourts next year. The technology for the stop-start was developed in-house, with a new engine management system coming from Bosch and an uprated starter from Denso. The stop-start option will be available on the 2.2 TD4, which accounts for nearly half of UK sales.

2012 Kia cee’d on sale from £14,395

2012 Kia cee'd arrives in the UK The latest 2012 version of the Kia cee’d goes on sale in the UK on June 1st priced from £14,395 to £23,795. As expected after the 2012 Kia ce’d debuted at the Geneva motor show in March, the new cee’d is going on sale from 1st June. The ‘old’ Kia cee’d moved the bar a lot higher in terms of perception and ability, and made it on screen as the Top Gear car for their SIARPC (the cee apostrophe dee, as Clarkson refers to it).