Hawk

Hawk Performance is an American brake pad maker based in Solon, Ohio. Its range here is mainly pads, with Talon slotted and slotted-and-drilled discs and race and all-purpose brake fluid alongside.

The pads divide cleanly by use. HPS, HPS 5.0 and LTS are semi-metallic street pads and PC is the ceramic street option, while HP Plus is listed as a sport pad. The race side takes in the DTC-30, DTC-60, DTC-70 and DTC-80 compounds together with ER-1, HT-10, Blue 9012 and Black.

The listings lean further towards American and Japanese performance cars than the other pad brands here. Chevrolet and Ford lead, with BMW, Porsche, Mazda, Toyota, Subaru and Cadillac close behind. The Chevrolet Corvette (C6), Subaru Impreza, Porsche Boxster and Cayman (987), Toyota GT86 and Ford Mustang (S550) have the most listings.

A large part of the Hawk range is race compounds, so the same maker can supply a road pad for everyday driving and a dedicated track pad for events.