Inboard brake
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An inboard braking system is an automobile technology where the brakes are not located in the wheels, as is common today, but instead near the differential. Moving the brakes inboard reduces unsprung weight substantially, improving ride, handling and braking. This system was more common in the 1960s, found on such cars as the Jaguar E-Type and Citroën 2CV. The Hummer H1 is one of the few modern vehicles fitted with inboard brakes, although this addition was ostensibly to accommodate the Hummer's unusual gear-drive system used at each wheel.
Cars with inboard brakes
- Jaguar E-Type
- Jaguar XJ (until XJ40)
- Jaguar XJ-S
- Lancia Aurelia
- Citroën 2CV
- most or all other Citroën models after WW II
- Subaru G
- Hummer H1
- Oldsmobile Toronado
- Some British Racing Motors racing cars had a single inboard disk brake, acting on both back wheels.
- Alfasud
- Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV GTV6 Giulietta 75 90 SZ
- Lotus Elite Elan Esprit
See also
- Car handling
- Center of mass
- Drifting
- Electronic Stability Control
- Fishtailing
- Inboard brake
- Oversteer
- Steering
- Suspension (vehicle)
- Tire
- Understeer
- Unsprung weight
- Vehicle dynamics
- Weight transfer
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