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 ...

Disc brakes resemble hand brakes on a bicycle, where pulling on the brake lever forces a plier-like device to squeeze rubber blocks against the rim of the wheel to stop the car. Drum brakes are a ...

Your first line of defence in the event of a crash are your brakes. The brakes are a critical component that helps slow down and stop your vehicle when required. All modern cars are offered with ...

Disney’s “Cars 3” topped the NPD VideoScan First Alert sales chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart for a second consecutive week, ...

Car tax discs became obsolete in 2014 when they were scrapped in favour of a new tax system. The discs used to adorn the windscreens of cars and offered a visual reminder for motorists when they need ...

OLD paper car tax discs are now a thing of the past – but if yours is still glued on your windscreen it could be an unexpected money spinner. Cars discs were abolished in October 2014 as the DVLA ...

Have you got any old paper car tax discs stashed away in the loft? The DVLA stopped using paper car tax discs three years ago - but now some of them are selling for hundreds of pounds - despite being ...

Oddly, it took automakers much longer to figure out how to slow cars down than it took them to figure out how to make them go fast. By the ’30s, race cars were producing hundreds of horsepower and ...