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In the previous sections, we examine one type of factor that determines the location of a car’s brake calipers.

We may have several questions:

1. Is the design of the suspension solely determines the location of the brake caliper?
2. Is one type of the brake layout better than another, from the performance aspect?

Before we diving into these questions, let me first introduce a key concept: the roll center. In this article series the term is for each wheel, it does not mean the roll center of the whole car. Below I am going to explain what the roll center of a car’s wheel is.

For each wheel of a car, it is linked to the car body by the suspension system...