The New HONDA PICKUP...???why??

looks a LOT like the avalanche. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

i guess truck people will like it

Yep. The front end kind of reminds me of Suzuki.

The New HONDA PICKUP...???why??

<a href="http://autoshow.msn.com/as/article.aspx?xml=Honda&amp;shw=autoshow2005&amp;src=News" target="_blank">http://autoshow.msn.com/as/article....ow2005&amp;src=News</a>

ooh.. pretty.

great now where gonna see civics with ridgeline engines...........

i don't know what honda is thinking honestly. Nissan was the first to make the small pickup. Then mazda and toyota. But honda?......... i think not.

After 20-30 years of making trucks, honda desides to make one? HA! i laugh and HA agian

I have no problem with Honda making a truck, but that thing is ugly.

I DO like the under-bed storage though.

looks a bit like an Avalanche though...

Bound to happen. Just like Nissan and Toyota. They went Pilot, Passport and now this.

the civic could already have a ridgeline engine... its the same as the honda odyssey, honda pilost, acura mdx, saturn vue redline....

the bed doesn't look big enough to me...

honda just want be in the crowd cuz they saw how toyota is makin sh!t load of money from all the suvs and trucks that toyota sells...

honda ridgeline sux... it is just a minivan w/ a truck bed... first they took the minivan and turn into a Pilot and MDX now the Ridgeline

i dont think too many people will buy honda's truck. it's ugly!
toyota tundra with 4 doors is sweet!

The honda truck look too bulky...

next thing you know, they have green card, visa, airplane, stewardess....lol...

tryin to keep up with the Titan

Honda can't just blindly follow what Toyota does. Toyota made an entry in the truck business since they have a heritage of building vehicles on a truck frame including the off road Land cruiser SUV that dates back as early as the 50s. They went into the truck business when they had gained decades of experience in building SUVs. Honda has never even built an offroad SUV yet. Not to mention, Tacoma has been around for atleast two decades.

read the recent article they built small truck because they dont wanna target big 3 ppl dats toyota and nissan job ( the follower ) honda just wanna get some share market from their own customer * those people who own honda too *

there trying to get a share of the market trying is the key word

I wouldn't go 4 wheeling in the Ridgeline, it's a unibody frame. But it does have the 3.5 V6 in it, on the dash it has section where it tells you your tire pressure is low. It's ok, but for the money I wouldn't buy it. Each dealership is allowed anly 4, all ours is sold already. I work for a Honda as tech and I was the first one to PDI one. It's really slow and loud inside, the tailgate is nice thou. Opens 2 ways. If I was gonna get a truck I would get a Chevy..

The new Tacoma rocks! The X Runner is yummmmyyyy. &lt;drools&gt;

true its not meant to be a true off road truck coz most honda owner just wanna transport someting that cant be transport using minivan or SUV i read this article in honda forum


Given its "best of both worlds" combination of a fully boxed ladder frame AND unibody structure (and the inherent benefits in rigidity), it wasn't difficult to imagine that the Ridgeline would provide a driving experience that could not be matched by any existing pickup truck. My only real concerns were "If it's so obvious, why hasn't anybody else done this before?" and how it would all play out in terms of mass. I'm still not sure about the answer to my first question, but as for the second one, the Ridgeline tips the scales at right around 4500lbs, which is competitive for the class.

So how does it drive exactly? On the road, the Ridgeline feels secure and confident. By any standard, the Ridgeline's chassis stiffness is excellent; by pickup truck standards, the advantage it holds over existing competitors is absurd. The unprecedented structural rigidity (over 20X stiffer in torsional rigidity and 2.5X stiffer in bending rigidity than the best body on frame pickups) and dramatic savings in unspung weight realized by the independent rear suspension deliver a huge payoff in terms of ride and handling. There is absolutely no hint of the "aftershake" or noticeable body quiver that's normally associated with a ladder frame pickup design, nor is there any of the awkward, uncontrolled motions of locating a heavy live rear axle to contend with. The end result is confident, secure handling and a high degree of passenger comfort.

That's not to say the Ridgeline is soft. Overall, the ride could be accurately characterized as "sporty"; you are not completely isolated from what's going on beneath the tires, but it's not so stiff that you're being beat to a pulp. When driving it, the first thing that it reminded me of was the 2001 MDX, before Acura softened up the suspension in 2004. The Ridgeline's steering feel and accuracy is pretty good overall, but the response immediately off-center is a little dull by Honda standards. Despite this one minor quibble, the Ridgeline is quite a bit of fun to drive enthusiastically on twisty two-lanes.
Now what happens when you put 1100 lbs of payload in the bed? Amazingly, not much. We tested both a fully loaded and empty Ridgeline (and two of its competitors) on an autocross style course setup at Qualcomm Park in San Diego. Either way, the Ridgeline was very stable and absolutely rock solid. The competitors on hand were a 2005 Toyota Tacoma and 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, both carrying full payloads as well. My first run was in the Explorer, and it was downright spooky. The event staff (a 3rd party logistics group, hired by Honda) kept mentioning how some of the previous scribes had put the Sport Trac up on two wheels on this course, so I didn't really feel compelled to push it too hard. I had a flight to catch later that day and decided an unscheduled visit to the emergency room wouldn't be prudent. The Tacoma was better than the Sport Trac, but maybe only because it understeered like mad and kept itself out of trouble. The test track's pavement was smooth through most of the turns, and on these segments you didn't have to worry so much about the effects of the Tacoma's formidable torsional flex and aftershake, but there were a few areas of uneven pavement, and over these sections you were rudely reminded of the Toyota's chassis twang. The Tacoma's 4.0L motor is quite stout, but it's rather lacking in refinement, particularly by Toyota's standards, nevermind Honda's. But the full payload Ridgeline - wow, the difference was simply startling. The chassis barely skips a beat - the suspension keeps unwanted body motions to an absolute minimum and the brakes only seem to be limited by available mechanical grip. Acceleration and ultimate cornering grip are both impacted to a degree, but it's not a tremendous impact. Understeer is slightly more pronounced but dynamically the fully loaded Ridgeline feels secure and stable.


source: http://www.vtec.net/articles/view-a...4&page_number=2

It's an accord in disguise.

well iam sticking with my v8 supercharged tundra!!

and thats bad because?

lol well iam sure that the honda people will do some crazy stuff