Before hippies discovered it, the Volkswagen Microbus/Station Wagon was for the fuel-economy-conscious bohemian suburbanite.

Thanks for coming back to check out a new Members’ Rides! Last week, JCat was trying to get me in trouble with a fantastic ...

Brett T. Evans has more than a decade of experience driving, writing about, and evaluating automobiles. His early career comprised writing about pre- and post-war classic cars, as well as late-model ...

Aircraft braking is a highly specialized system. After all, it is designed to stop enormous momentum safely and efficiently. Unlike car brakes, aircraft brakes must handle extreme forces during ...

The question of which car first featured standard disc brakes is more complicated than you might think. While some American automakers were early to the party, it was a pair of European brands that ...

Air disc brakes (ADBs) offer compelling benefits. They deliver shorter stopping distances and quicker pad replacement. But realizing their full value over time requires deliberate care. A new Bendix ...

In the early 1950s, Karmann already had a contract to build the the Beetle cabriolet at its Osnabrück factory, but convincing Volkswagen to make a sportier model was an uphill battle. VW rebuffed ...

A Johannesburg-based company headed by a former Formula 1 engineer is converting classic petrol cars into electric vehicles (EVs). The firm — HalleyAbbott, formerly Abbott Evolution — was founded by ...

The Hero Splendor Plus Xtec is now available with a disc brake and it is priced at Rs 83,461 (ex-showroom Delhi). This makes the disc brake variant Rs 3,550 more expensive than the drum brake variant.

Hello Victoria, the difference between drum and disc brakes is mainly in their design, performance and practical benefits. Brakes are devices that slow down or stop a moving mechanism or vehicle. This ...

In choosing brake systems for a commercial fleet, there’s no wrong answer whether air disc brakes are a right fit versus drum brakes. There are plenty of advantages for both; drum brakes are ...