The ratcheted lever has been replaced by electronic parking brakes that no one seems to like.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

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 ...

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 ...

If you buy a new car from a showroom today, there's a very high chance it won't have a manual handbrake lever in the middle of the cabin. That's because more than nine in ten new motors are instead ...

11:55, Fri, Nov 29, 2024 Updated: 11:55, Fri, Nov 29, 2024 One car interior part that was once a total necessity is now almost extinct. A feature once on all road-going vehicles has rapidly declined ...