Recaro

NovaSS4spdFan · 07-30-2024, 03:20 PM

Road & Track claims they have filed for bankruptcy.

LT4Greg · 07-30-2024, 06:40 PM

Wow!

arpad_m · 07-30-2024, 07:39 PM

Notice a pattern here?

DaveC113 · 07-30-2024, 08:16 PM

I smell BS. Recaro makes so much cash simply licensing their name to OEMs to put on seats, they don't need to do anything else to stay in business.

TooleyOnDeck · 07-31-2024, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DaveC113

I smell BS. Recaro makes so much cash simply licensing their name to OEMs to put on seats, they don't need to do anything else to stay in business.

I was hoping someone mentioned this. My 1LE seats are literally OEM seats with a Recaro nameplate slapped on. The bolstering and design are the same.

Mark R · 07-31-2024, 03:40 PM

Imagine that: Private Equity destroys a newly acquired business, after stripping it of value and assets. Shameful.

GearheadSS · 07-31-2024, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by TooleyOnDeck

I was hoping someone mentioned this. My 1LE seats are literally OEM seats with a Recaro nameplate slapped on. The bolstering and design are the same.

If you think the 1LE seats are the same as the base seat then you haven't sat in a base seat. They absolutely have different bolstering.

Bumbleboy92 · 07-31-2024, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by GearheadSS

If you think the 1LE seats are the same as the base seat then you haven't sat in a base seat. They absolutely have different bolstering.

100% this

On a slightly unrelated note I recently discovered my knees never touch the kneepads with the Recaro’s. I remember having to clean my old white knee pads constantly on the regular seats but now it’s much easier. Another plus of the Recaro’s

DaveC113 · 07-31-2024, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by GearheadSS

If you think the 1LE seats are the same as the base seat then you haven't sat in a base seat. They absolutely have different bolstering.

Agree they are different than base seats, but made in a RECARO factory and then sold to GM? Or do OEMs slap Recaro labels on their own seats for a licensing fee?

There's some disagreement on this, I'm not sure... I assumed they just licensed their name to OEMs, but maybe they do in fact manufacture them.

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