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Rank	Manufacturers	Rating	PR score	Reviews	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Votes
1.	POWER STOP	7.49	89	444	386	29	29	1071 1216 145
2.	EBC	7.44	77	687	504	78	105	1194 1665 471
3.	Akebono	7.36	87	436	367	43	26	1023 1187 164
4.	Hawk Performance	6.76	81	396	302	52	42	780 1010 230
5.	Brembo	6.05	79	235	170	37	27	429 584 155
6.	Ferodo	5.92	83	157	122	25	10	336 416 80
7.	Bosch	5.82	85	127	104	13	10	282 338 56
8.	Carbotech	5.78	91	97	86	8	3	249 274 25
9.	STOPTECH	5.75	87	107	89	11	7	246 289 43
10.	Raybestos	5.56	80	87	65	12	10	165 219 54
11.	ATE	5.52	87	56	46	8	2	132 154 22
12.	OEM Toyota	5.52	82	67	54	4	9	135 170 35
13.	Centric	5.52	90	51	43	8	0	129 145 16
14.	Duralast	5.49	84	56	45	6	5	120 147 27
15.	TRW	5.46	86	44	35	8	1	102 121 19
16.	WAGNER	5.42	87	35	29	4	2	81 95 14
17.	OEM Porsche	5.41	92	29	26	2	1	75 82 7
18.	OEM Honda	5.40	76	48	32	10	5	81 116 35
19.	Hella Pagid	5.39	84	33	26	5	2	69 85 16
20.	ENDLESS	5.39	90	28	25	1	2	69 77 8
21.	Project Mu	5.38	94	22	20	2	0	60 64 4
22.	Textar	5.37	74	44	30	7	7	69 104 35
23.	OEM BMW	5.36	67	72	43	13	16	81 155 74
24.	R1 Concepts	5.36	76	37	26	6	5	63 90 27
25.	OEM Volkswagen	5.36	63	154	85	27	42	129 309 180
26.	OEM Audi	5.35	72	45	29	8	8	63 103 40
27.	Mintex	5.33	64	93	51	19	23	84 191 107
28.	Zimmermann	5.31	85	14	12	0	2	30 36 6
29.	OEM Mazda	5.31	64	59	32	14	13	57 124 67
30.	DIXCEL	5.31	87	13	11	1	1	30 35 5
31.	JURID	5.30	74	19	12	5	2	30 46 16
32.	GALFER	5.29	81	11	9	0	2	21 27 6
33.	OEM Hyundai	5.29	68	26	17	2	7	30 55 25
34.	Tesla	5.29	65	33	18	8	7	33 70 37
35.	WILWOOD	5.29	78	13	9	3	1	24 33 9
36.	OEM FORD	5.27	62	30	17	4	9	24 59 35
37.	Bendix	5.27	61	58	32	8	18	42 112 70
38.	OEM Volvo	5.27	63	30	14	11	5	27 64 37
39.	DBA	5.26	66	12	8	0	4	12 24 12
40.	OEM Subaru	5.26	59	79	41	13	25	48 149 101
41.	OEM KIA	5.26	64	16	8	5	3	15 34 19
42.	OEM Nissan	5.25	59	19	9	5	5	12 37 25
43.	OEM Mercedes	5.25	59	15	8	2	5	9 28 19
44.	OEM Chevrolet	5.21	51	30	12	7	11	3 50 47

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