REVOLUTIONARY
BY TRADITION.

Since 1963, when Reuterr Carosserie became RECARO, the company has introduced some of the most innovative and purposefully engineered automotive seating products ever produced. Today, RECARO Automotive continues advancing, evolving, and striving to push boundaries, empowering its engineers to establish new standards for performance, ergonomics, and safety.

RECARO Automotive
HISTORY OF FIRSTS

Early Years –
AN ONSLAUGHT OF FIRSTS

  • 1965: World’s first retrofit seat for automobiles, featuring revolutionary foam upholstery and side bolsters
  • 1967: RECARO “shell seat” is introduced as first street-legal bucket seat
  • 1971: First RECARO safety seat concept; First vehicle seat with an integrated seat belt
  • 1974: First RECARO racing seat with a super-sturdy double shell; First RECARO professional-grade racing seat bridges the gap between a daily-driver seat and a seat for rally competition
  • 1977: First electro-pneumatic lumbar support, first adjustable side bolsters

Commercial Seating –
THE FIRST TO FOCUS ON DRIVER HEALTH, ERGONOMICS AND SAFETY

  • 1981: RECARO releases its first seat for commercial vehicles with a shock-cushioning system
  • 1984: Introduction of the CSE extra comfort seat, which was the first with memory function
  • 1989: RECARO presents the all-new “Profi Class”; later renamed Commercial Vehicle line

Track to Street -
TECHNOLOGY ENHANCES PERFORMANCE

  • 1989: RECARO A8 is the first performance seat using a glass fiber-reinforced plastic backrest
  • 1995: RECARO Pro Racer, the first racing shell with head protection
  • 2002: Introduced first racing shell optimized for the usage of HANS (head and neck support system)
  • 2005: RECARO’s first lightweight composite shell
  • 2013: RECARO P 1300 GT, the first racing shell with fore-aft adjustment according FIA 8862-2009

Revolutionizing
THE AFTER MARKET

  • 2019: RECARO Podium, the first street-legal and FIA-homologated performance seat
  • 2021: First seat supplier to have ergonomically engineered AGR certified (healthier-backs) racing shell with the new RECARO Podium seat.
  • 2021: The RECARO® Pro Racer XL-ORV seat is the first offroad racing seat to successfully gain certification in FIA standard 8855-1999 on January 20th, 2021. (CS.468.21)
  • 2022: The RECARO Sport C is the first fully powered Aftermarket sports seat

Innovating the Future
IN PREMIUM SEATING

  • 2022: RECARO Automotive introduces the Profi XL RCF Infusion and Pole Position RCF Infusion, the first sustainability-focused FIA certified racing shells utilizing recycled carbon fiber.
  • 2023: RECARO is taking a dive into SMART Seating Technologies to give us an app-enabled Bluetooth-connected seat along with a new lightweight composite aftermarket seat. 

Motorsports:
A PROVING GROUND AND POINT OF PRIDE

Just as auto manufacturers go racing to put their technology to the ultimate test before it trickles down to their passenger vehicles, RECARO Automotive uses the hard lessons learned on the racing circuit and rally terrain to develop better seats for both road and track.

With seats in race cars competing in every imaginable environment the world over, RECARO Automotive is always accumulating data and feedback that results in ever-improving levels of safety, innovation, and comfort for all its customers.

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Innovation

Since 1906 we never stop searching for something new and are continually breaking new grounds. RECARO products are at the cutting-edge of technology.

 

[Translate to English (US):] Innovation
Quality

We believe in the superior quality and masterly craftsmanship of our products and carefully select only the most precious and top-notch materials for our seats.

 
Safety

At RECARO, driver protection is about more than just giving you the impression you’re in safe hands. It’s our utmost priority.

 
Comfort

RECARO continuously explores new ways to create seats that adapt to the individual shape of the human body for a comfortable driving experience at any time.