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Manual handbrakes dying out

Mark Moran
27 October 2020
Look, no handbrake! The interior of a Peugeot 208
Look, no handbrake! The interior of a Peugeot 208

 

Traditional mechanical handbrakes are dying out as car manufacturers ditch them in favour of electronic parking brakes, according to research by CarGurus.CarGurus, an online automotive marketplace, found that just 24% of new cars on sale in the UK  come with a manually operated handbrake, falling even further from 30% recorded last year.

Some popular models, including the BMW 1 series and 3 Series, Peugeot 208 and Nissan Juke have all dropped classic manual handbrakes over the last...

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