The ratcheted lever has been replaced by electronic parking brakes that no one seems to like.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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Take a look inside the 2023 Toyota GR Corolla and you’ll notice something a little unusual for a new car: an old-school manual handbrake. Not a fiddly little button like the regular Corolla has, but a ...

It’s no surprise that the rise of quick-shifting automatic transmissions has led to an overall decline in traditional manual transmission offerings in the auto industry. In recent years, this has led ...

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 ...