falkor
Active Member
according to i newspaper yesterday the days of the handbrake as we know it on this site are fast disappearing , also according to i newspaper the average cost of repairs to a traditional handbrake are £129 as apposed to £880 for an electronic handbrakeChokes, cassette players and wind-up windows are relics rarely seen in cars nowadays, and now the traditional handbrake could be the next familiar feature to disappear.
The rise of electric vehicles saw the number of new models with a traditional handbrake fall by nearly a third last year.
Fewer than one in five showroom models – 17 per cent – now feature the mechanical lever, compared to 24 per cent in 2020 and 30 per cent the year before.
Of the 550 models available to buyers in the UK across 38 manufacturers reviewed by online marketplace CarGurus, just 92 have it, most of them sportier or affordable small vehicles.
The emergence of electric cars and the departure of Mitsubishi, 57 per cent of whose range had levers, from the UK market has accelerated the decline of the device, say researchers.
Daily Telegraph
what are the advantages of an electronic handbrake? from what am I reading the electronic handbrake automatically unsets as the accelerator is pressed at anytime , so if that is true it would certainly be an interesting development in driving off from traffic lights, what do you think?
I hired a VW Passatt a couple of months ago and I was initially baffled at the "missing handbrake" it was an auto so I always used P to park the car whenever I had to park up, whether that applied the handbrake I have no idea, come to think of it now the car hire bloke never pointed it out or gave me any info on it so I guess looking back on it I just didnt ever use it