Disc Brakes: A big innovation in motoring history.

Experiments with disc-style brakes began in England in the 1890s. The first ever car disc brakes were patented by Frederick William Lanchester in his Birmingham factory in 1902 although it took another half century for his innovation to be widely adopted.
The Citroën DS of 1955, with powered inboard front disc brakes and the 1956 Triumph TR3 were the first European production cars to feature modern disc brakes. The first American production car to be fitted with practical disc brakes was the 1963 Studebaker Avanti. Ceramic brakes were not in anyone's mind just yet! MG