http://www.mazda.co.uk/showroom/rx-8...ID=Teaser_main

A Winning Combination:

F1 winner Johnny Herbert drives the Mazda RX-8 R3
Since 1991, legendary Formula One driver Johnny Herbert has had a deep affinity with Mazda.

He won the Le Mans 24 Hours in a Mazda 787B. And now he's back behind the wheel to put the stunning Mazda RX-8 R3 through its paces.

 

Very cool video. So the Recaro seats are ~5kilos lighter than the standard seats or the leather seats? That's quite a bit lighter.

 

Yeah, almost 25lbs if you replace both seats. That is something to seriously consider if you are weight conscience. I would doubt the price tag is nice on the wallet though.


Edit: wait, is that 5Kg for both seats or only one?

 

He said the Recaros were 5kg lighter than the stock seats. But I'm not sure which seats they are being compared to -- I'm sure the leather seats weigh more than the base model's cloth seats.

P.S. In my current autocross class I must run the cloth seats that came stock on my car (which work well btw). If I go to STX or BSP then I might look into getting a set of Recaros -- especially if I still want to have a car that I can daily drive. Plus these Recaros will fit our stock seat rails so install would be a breeze.

Needless to say, I :heart: the Recaros!!!


(pic of the seats in a LHD RX-8 R3)

 

that's a pic of the RHD R3

 

cool video, he looked like he was having a blast driving it.

 

Doh! That's what I meant. I got the pic from a japanese sports car website...

 

Remember the weight saving in the R3's seats over other RX-8's is mainly attributed to NO electric motor adjustments and no heaters.

 

does anyone know the price on these new r3 recaros? i sat in them the other day and they are so supportive!! or is there a set of seats that are very similar to these atleast, because these are probably an arm and a leg

 

The base model cloth seats have none of those features...

 

those r3 recaros are fawking nice

 

Man, they are VERY nice looking...

But I don't think I'd want to spend the money that they would charge AND lose my nice little rotor in the headrest :P

 

ha I was at my local dealership this mourning and yesterday the Recaros are soooooooo nice and sweet so I walked over the parts department and had them give me the price on them ,,,,
Ok take a big breath ,,,, wait,,,, wait for it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ok so the service guy took about a minute to pick his jaw up off the floor ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, wait, wait ok ,,,,,,,,,,,$6K a piece.........yup thats right $12K for Recaros with air bags
You can get ten Recaros normal aftermarket for that.....

 

Yup. Heating elements adds significant weight. Seat motors too. I have to admit, while I like these Recaros, non-motorised seats felt so antiquated. And where I live heated seats are nice.

 

is it just me or does the video play an episode of farscape now????

 

The R3 is not a base model either, I was referring to the "luxury" model.
One would think that the "base" model's cloth seats would weigh in similar or perhaps slightly heavier than the R3's recaro's.

 

no surprise here, did you ask how much our heated leather seat are?

 

<- confused

 

wait i refreshed it and now it's the rx-8 r3 vid

 

 

 

lol

I ended up watching like half of the episode. It was about a device that the enemy Peacekeepers hid on the ship (Moyen?) to broadcast its location to other peacekeepers, and the crew finding a way to remove the device.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXmp9qbehPk

Out Takes And Uncensored Version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNOAoe667pQ

2 Minute Version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgTzcuS-s-w

5 Minute Version

 

I really like the "uncensored" vid. I don't think I've heard anyone rave so much about the smoothness, especially when he says it's smoother than an F1 car.

 

wow,

ex f1 driver a drift king! who knew.. really the car is great to drive, and the transmission is amazing.

beers