Well...ya lost me with the rear disc brakes. I don't know about elsewhere but not required on a small car in my opinion...'rear ones' to be clear. Maintenance aplenty in my experience. I notice that the new Micra has them...ah well...'there goes the farm'. Maybe not though; not many agree with my sentiments for ordinary road going vehicles. Rear discs have a racey lean...hmmm... that a small 3 cyl. engine is not in sympathy with. There are roumers of a 200HP version that will probably get all on board here. Up..up...and away.
not sure what you trying to say here...drum brakes are a fine on a small car...fine...but disc brakes are better...not a "must have" for small cars, but they are still better at stopping, which is why they are used in almost every vehicle nowadays, aside from the ones built to a price...FWIW, our previous Focus had drum rears, and were a bit troublesome (had to have them service a few times due to noise, failure to hold the vehicle parked when the emergency brake was engaged, as well as lack of adequate "grip" when used...on other vehicles i've had with drums, they weren't troublesome, but neither have the ones with rear discs been either...i do get my brakes serviced yearly though, so that might have something to do with the longevity/lack of issues too.
