My 2010 Honda Insight has a terrific set of brakes. The brakes have ABS. So if you need to slam hard on them, which I had to do once, it stops quickly and holds straight, no swerving or out of control feeling. On the other hand, it response just right to a light touch. I have never felt more confident about the brakes in a car than these.

My last car was a 2001 Hyundai Elantra. So I had it for about 7 years. It was a very nice car too. It had many pluses except I never felt comfortable about it's brakes. Because I did not fully trust them I always drove with a little extra distance from the car in front of me. One time that extra distance saved me from having a more serious front end accident!!

BTW, brakes on the Insight are disk in the front and drum in the rear.