Not many hot rodders give much thought to what different brake pads do for the stopping of their hot rod. Oh, I'm sure the guys who race fast cars on a racetrack do assign an engineer to get the best ...

The Germans at ADAC, which is the largest automobile club in the country and an institution in itself, have published the results of a five-year study of braking performance of almost 400 vehicles.

The Tesla Model S Plaid is unmatched among volume production cars when it comes to acceleration, but not the same thing can be said about its braking system. Now, don’t get us wrong, the stock brakes ...

Your vehicle carries some pretty valuable cargo. Let’s talk about a major safety aspect of your car, the braking system. Being “out of sight, out of mind,” the braking systems on most people’s cars go ...

Disc brake caliper position on the rotor has little effect on real-world brake efficiency—as long as the bleed screws end up at 12 o'clock. Disc brake calipers may mount on the rotor "in lead" or "in ...

Why would anyone choose cable-actuated disc brakes in 2025? It’s a fair question. There’s a reason why hydraulic disc brakes have become the industry standard. Purely from a performance standpoint, ...

Brake-by-wire is an emerging technology whose advantages seem certain to make it the eventual solution for future vehicles, so Design News had a chat with Janani Neelakantan, Senior Technical Manager ...

There's about to be a new name in lightweight, high-performance brakes: Orbis. If the name rings a bell, our 2018 test drive of a Honda Civic Type R had a set of Orbis wheel-hub motors fitted to the ...