BREMBO BRAKES PREFERRED BY GERMAN MOTORISTS
Annual Surveys of FourTop German Magazines confirm Brembo as Brand of Choice

COSTA MESA, Calif., Feb. 5, 2007 – Whereas the French are more discerning about wine, German motorists are far more concerned about the performance and quality of their cars and the associated automotive components (e.g. brakes, tires, wheels, etc.). To this end, the top German consumer automotive and motorcycle magazines annually survey their readership to determine which products perform the best.

Auto Motor und Sport, one of the most respected of the European consumer automotive magazines (with over 500,000 biweekly subscribers) decided to include 20 different categories of car components in its 2006 “Best Cars of the Year” survey. To the question “Which products meet your requirements best?” 65 per cent of the 90,000 responding chose Brembo as the brake system of choice, conspicuously more than its nearest competitor.

The published results were as follows:

In a similar survey, Sport Auto, a monthly publication for enthusiasts, chose Brembo as the best manufacturer of brakes (upgraded) for sport cars. Interestingly, Brembo outpaced its nearest competitor by an even greater margin (51.6 vs. 13.4 per cent) in this survey. The same can be said for the third and fourth surveys published by the motor sports weekly, Motorsport aktuell. Their 2006 “Best Brand” survey for Automobiles gave Brembo a rating of 75.7 per cent (versus 33.8), while Brembo scored 80.1 per cent for Motorcycles brakes (versus 32.7).

Obviously, the French would agree: It was a vintage year for Brembo brakes!