Nissan uses different-colored brake calipers to signify different levels of vehicle performance.
The colors range from silver to different shades of red, gold, and yellow.
Yellow calipers are the rarest, signifying the highest level of performance.
Brake calipers are usually one of the most overlooked parts of a car (at least, visually), but Nissan turned them into a subtle performance ranking system. If you know what color to look for, you can quickly tell whether you're staring at a regular commuter, a sports car, or one of the brand's most serious track vehicles.
From silver daily-driver brakes to the yellow carbon-ceramic stoppers reserved for Nissan's most extreme models, each shade represents a different level of performance. Here's what every Nissan brake caliper color means—and which cars get them.
