If you're replacing your car's brake rotors yourself, using new ones from the auto parts store is ideal for safety — as long as you clean them first.

Brake rotors are nothing new -- the technology was popularized in motorsport throughout the early 1950s, on models such as the Le Mans-winning Jaguar C-Type, before being introduced to mainstream ...

Drum brakes have a bad reputation, and they’re usually the first things to hit the swap meet pile. Early C2 Corvettes were only available with drum brakes, but they worked adequately, thanks to larger ...