Brake

Your car's braking system plays a crucial part in its safety - the more effective the brakes, the shorter the stopping distance. The brakes must be matched to the car's engine power, weight and theoretical top speed. For reasons of safety, modern cars are fitted with two brake circuits serving diagonally opposite wheels on the two axles. On some models, sufficient stopping power is provided by a combination of disc brakes at the front wheels and drum brakes at the rear or on higher-powered and mid-sized models, we use more powerful, internally ventilated discs at the front, as well as fitting disc brakes at the rear too. Today's minimum standard specification for the braking systems in our cars comprises an anti-lock braking system (ABS), brake servo, electronic brake-force distribution (EBD) and electronic stability programme (ESP).