The ongoing evolution of technology sometimes results in some things being left by the wayside. That statement applies as much to personal technology items as it does to automobiles. First, we lost ...

Whether used for hooning around or simply for securing the car while parked, the manual handbrake has been a staple of just about every car's interior for nearly as long as the automobile has been ...

Last month we ditched our Coyote coupe's factory brakes in favor of Wilwood Engineering's Superlite brake kit. We've now increased our braking capacity from a single-piston design to a monstrous ...

The parking brake, often referred to as the emergency brake, is critical for keeping a vehicle stationary when parked, especially on an inclined surface. Fewer cars have manual transmissions these ...

The presence of the manual handbrake in new cars has continued to decline with just one-in-10 new models equipped with the ‘traditional’ feature. In fact, 91 per cent of new models use an electronic ...

The ratcheted lever has been replaced by electronic parking brakes that no one seems to like. Here are the reasons behind it James Foxall has worked as a motoring journalist for more than 30 years on ...

Just 13 per cent of new cars now have a traditional handbrake – and it’s likely to be a thing of the past sooner than expected The number of new cars with a manual handbrake continues to fall, with ...

The manual handbrake is becoming an endangered species on the new-car market, with 70 per cent of current models coming only with an electronic parking brake with no manual option, new research has ...