BRAKING BAD

I’m at the end of a two week holiday and enjoying the opportunity to catch up on some past issues of Wheels. I’d like to add to the comment made by Mark Small in the September 2018 edition regarding the braking distance measurements being an important comparison between vehicles. I drive an XC90 at home and have had a near-new Kluger as a rental car – more than once I have had a mild panic that the car was not going to stop quickly enough in traffic, and I find the difference to be surprising. Kevin Kennedy, East Brighton, Vic

Our measured 100km/h-0 brake test does often throw up some curious anomalies, Kevin. But we’d also caution that differing feel through the brake pedal can be misleading in terms of what the vehicle can actually achieve in a full Abs-assisted stop. – Ed