{"id":6248,"date":"2010-02-24T07:01:09","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T13:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=6248"},"modified":"2010-02-24T07:01:09","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T13:01:09","slug":"recaro-seats-yes-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/recaro-seats-yes-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Recaro Seats? Yes please"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V Cadillac has offered Recaro sport seats as an option. This continues a trend of using &#8216;name brand&#8217; equipment, such as Brembo brakes, in order to ensure quality, performance, and <em>credibility <\/em>in automotive reviews.<\/p>\n<p>I think of Recaro seats as Porsche seats, but what automobiles does Recaro currently make seats for?\u00a0 This list comes from the Recaro website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Aston Martin DB9<\/li>\n<li> Aston Martin V12 Vanquish<\/li>\n<li> Aston Martin V8 Vantage<\/li>\n<li> Audi TT<\/li>\n<li> Audi TT RS<\/li>\n<li> Chevrolet Cobalt SS<\/li>\n<li> Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano<\/li>\n<li> Ford Focus RS<\/li>\n<li> Ford Focus ST<\/li>\n<li> Honda Accord Type-R<\/li>\n<li> Honda Integra Type-R<\/li>\n<li> Honda NSX Type-R<\/li>\n<li> Honda Odyssey<\/li>\n<li> Lamborghini Gallardo<\/li>\n<li> Mitsubishi Evo IX<\/li>\n<li> Mitsubishi Lancer Wagon<\/li>\n<li> Mitsubishi ek-Sports RS<\/li>\n<li> Opel Astra OPC<\/li>\n<li> Opel Insignia OPC<\/li>\n<li> Opel Zafira OPC<\/li>\n<li> Porsche 911 GT3 (997)<\/li>\n<li> Porsche Carrera GT<\/li>\n<li> Renault Clio \u201eRenault Sport\u201c<\/li>\n<li> Renault M\u00e9gane Sport<\/li>\n<li> Saturn Ion Redline<\/li>\n<li> Suzuki Kei-Works<\/li>\n<li> Suzuki Lapin<\/li>\n<li> VW Golf V GTI<\/li>\n<li> VW Golf V R32<\/li>\n<li> VW Golf VI R<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Cadillac CTS Recaro Seats have gotten surprisingly mixed reviews &#8212; not uniformly positive.\u00a0 I believe that this is partially due to lack of familiarity with this type of seat.\u00a0 Owners who drive their Cadillac are more likely to appreciate the support provided:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6250\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cadillac-cts-recaro-seats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6250\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6250\" title=\"cadillac-cts-recaro-seats\" src=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cadillac-cts-recaro-seats.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"882\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cadillac-cts-recaro-seats.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/cadillac-cts-recaro-seats-500x588.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cadillac CTS Recaro Seats<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Recaro Seats as offered by Cadillac appear to be similar to the <strong><em>Recaro Style + Style Topline<\/em><\/strong> model in the Recaro <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recaro.com\/fileadmin\/extensions\/rec_usa\/Brochures\/Brochure_AM_Seats.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Brochure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6249\" style=\"width: 764px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/recarobrochureexerpt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6249\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6249\" title=\"recarobrochureexerpt\" src=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/recarobrochureexerpt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/recarobrochureexerpt.jpg 754w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/recarobrochureexerpt-500x287.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recaro Seat Features<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Recaro Company offers the following history (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.recaro.com\/index.php?id=1433&amp;region=3&amp;L=2\" target=\"_blank\">more available here<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The success story of the present RECARO company began in 1906 in  Stuttgart, as the 32-year old saddler master Wilhelm Reutter founded the  company \u201cReutter, Wilhelm, Saddler. Spezialitat: Luxus- und Motorwagen,  englische Geschirre\u201d (Specialities: Luxury and Motor Vehicles, English  Ware). Reutter quickly made a name for itself in the up-and-coming  automobile industry which was largely positioned in Stuttgart: Bosch,  Maybach and Daimler were the big names which wrote history and laid the  building blocks for the present location of mobility, Stuttgart.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation for the present company was laid in 1963, as<strong> RECARO<\/strong> was  formed as a play on words \u2013 <strong>Reutter and CAROsserien<\/strong> (coaches). The first  RECARO sport seat was introduced in 1965, and in motor racing, the  company quickly became a recognized brand name.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I applaud Cadillac for offering Recaro seats as an option, and I am glad to see the Recaro seat option available on the CTS Sedan as well as the CTS-V Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V Cadillac has offered Recaro sport seats as an option. This continues a trend of using &#8216;name brand&#8217; equipment, such as Brembo brakes, in order to ensure quality, performance, and credibility in automotive reviews. 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