Growing up, we had a late 60&#x27;s Dodge station wagon.  It was pretty much the definition of &quot;unsafe&quot; - the interior was made of hard metal surfaces, loose steering &amp; suspension, and no crash engineering at all.  But it was the first family car that came with disc brakes, and that&#x27;s why Dad bought it.<p>Later, they bought a mid 80&#x27;s Pontiac 6000, and while it had disc brakes, GM hadn&#x27;t increased the size of the brake rotors to accommodate the change from asbestos brake pad material, so it had huge brake fade and panic stops really did result in driver panic.  Not a fun car to drive.