New Equipment A Real Brake Through

OF all the safety components in a new or used car, the brakes are probably the most important.

Pick Of The Pre-loved

With lower prices and better choices, the used-car buyer has never had it so good. The Drive team nominates the 10 best-value models around - and lists the likely wear-and-tear items.

Braking Technology Barriers

MOST of us are familiar with the acronyms given to modern braking systems. ABS means anti-lock braking system, ESP stands for electronic stability program and EBD shows the system has electronic brake-force distribution. And soon, says DaimlerChrysler, we will have SBC or Sensotronic Brake Con

Drive By Wire: It's A Question Of Faith

When the systems which control aircraft appear in cars in the next few years, drivers will steer and brake electronically. Would you trust your life to a series of electronic pulses travelling down a copper wire? Would you be happy to steer or brake knowing there was no mechanical connection betw

Through The Gears ... Without A Pedal

Hydraulics and clever software do the job of the clutch in BMW's sequential gearbox. PETER McKAY says the technology will spread. Has the ultimate driving car, the smooth yet raunchy BMW M3, gone soft, lost its clutch pedal and added an autobox? Not quite. BMW's engineers insist the Sequent