Mazda's 787B Driver Johnny Herbert DRIVES RX-8 R3 on Video
 

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!!!

http://www.japanesesportcars.com/pho...rx8-r3+_2_.jpg
(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.

:lol: no surprise here, did you ask how much our heated leather seat are? :icon_no2:

<- 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 :beer: