Honda Car Forum

I watched a portion of a newscast from the new auto show. And Honda's
new Ridgeline truck looks sweet. and appears to be pretty well equiped
with a sticker price of 28k or so.

mudmonkey wrote:
> I watched a portion of a newscast from the new auto show. And
Honda's
> new Ridgeline truck looks sweet. and appears to be pretty well
equiped
> with a sticker price of 28k or so.

Probably based on the Pilot/Ody platform, no? Looks interesting, but I
wonder about that bed-based 'trunk' and crap getting into it, you'd
think that it'd fill up with debris over time, have enough of that
happen in normal trunks let alone a bed of a truck.. A lot of people
seem to complain about the high sides on the bed.

Overall I don't care for the way some of the dashes are going these
days with the faux metal trim pieces, the Pilot was getting a little
annoying to me but I bit the bullet and got one anyhow.
--
Chris A. Epler
http://www.epler.net/
http://www.stormhaven.org/

Honda is probably introducing a 'crew cab' first because it means more
$$$ but are they going to make extended and regular cab versions later
this year if ever?

sskbutton@yahoo.com wrote:
> Honda is probably introducing a 'crew cab' first because it means more
> $$$ but are they going to make extended and regular cab versions later
> this year if ever?
>
if it sells well enough, maybe. doubt it tho. most dodge truck sales are
4 doors, but they also sell a basic 2 door.

SoCalMike wrote:
> sskbutton@yahoo.com wrote:
> > Honda is probably introducing a 'crew cab' first because it means
more
> > $$$ but are they going to make extended and regular cab versions
later
> > this year if ever?
> >
> if it sells well enough, maybe. doubt it tho. most dodge truck sales
are
> 4 doors, but they also sell a basic 2 door.

I figured the Ridgeline would be competing with the Tundra and Titan
more than Dodges to keep Accord and Acura drivers in the Honda family.
I don't know if the sales figures match up to what I see on the road
but most Tundras I've seen on the road are extended cabs, very few crew
cabs, but the few Titans were crew cabs.

"Sskb" <sskbutton@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> SoCalMike wrote:
>> sskbutton@yahoo.com wrote:
>> > Honda is probably introducing a 'crew cab' first because it means
> more
>> > $$$ but are they going to make extended and regular cab versions
> later
>> > this year if ever?
>> >
>> if it sells well enough, maybe. doubt it tho. most dodge truck sales
> are
>> 4 doors, but they also sell a basic 2 door.
>
> I figured the Ridgeline would be competing with the Tundra and Titan
> more than Dodges to keep Accord and Acura drivers in the Honda family.
> I don't know if the sales figures match up to what I see on the road
> but most Tundras I've seen on the road are extended cabs, very few crew
> cabs, but the few Titans were crew cabs.

I'm not a truck guy, but the Ridgeline does not appear to be a crew cab,
extended, yes; crew, no. It is also not built on a shared chassis. It is a
unit body set on a boxed frame. Check out www.vtec.net and www.honda.com .
The bed looks shorter than it is because of the 4 door cabin and the almost
Avalanche like sails.


--
Kent Finnell
From the Music City USA

"Kent Finnell" <kentfinn@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:zAkJd.19105$Gj.15370@bignews3.bellsouth.net.. .
> I'm not a truck guy, but the Ridgeline does not appear to be a crew cab,
> extended, yes; crew, no. It is also not built on a shared chassis. It is
a
> unit body set on a boxed frame. Check out www.vtec.net and www.honda.com
..
> The bed looks shorter than it is because of the 4 door cabin and the
almost
> Avalanche like sails.
>

If that's how the Ridgeline is in real life it looks like my waiting for a
Honda pickup truck has been in vain. I don't want an SUV with the back
scooped out.

>
> --
> Kent Finnell
> From the Music City USA
>
>

Sskb wrote:
> SoCalMike wrote:
>
>>sskbutton@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>>Honda is probably introducing a 'crew cab' first because it means
>
> more
>
>>>$$$ but are they going to make extended and regular cab versions
>
> later
>
>>>this year if ever?
>>>
>>
>>if it sells well enough, maybe. doubt it tho. most dodge truck sales
>
> are
>
>>4 doors, but they also sell a basic 2 door.
>
>
> I figured the Ridgeline would be competing with the Tundra and Titan
> more than Dodges to keep Accord and Acura drivers in the Honda family.
> I don't know if the sales figures match up to what I see on the road
> but most Tundras I've seen on the road are extended cabs, very few crew
> cabs, but the few Titans were crew cabs.

the tundra has only been available as a crew cab for a relatively short
time now, i *think*. given tundra reliability and customer satifaction,
people tend to drive toyotas longer before trading/selling. another
factor is price. tundras arent cheap to begin with.

Zelk wrote:
> "Kent Finnell" <kentfinn@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:zAkJd.19105$Gj.15370@bignews3.bellsouth.net.. .
>
>>I'm not a truck guy, but the Ridgeline does not appear to be a crew cab,
>>extended, yes; crew, no. It is also not built on a shared chassis. It is
>
> a
>
>>unit body set on a boxed frame. Check out www.vtec.net and www.honda.com
>
> .
>
>>The bed looks shorter than it is because of the 4 door cabin and the
>
> almost
>
>>Avalanche like sails.
>>
>
>
> If that's how the Ridgeline is in real life it looks like my waiting for a
> Honda pickup truck has been in vain. I don't want an SUV with the back
> scooped out.

dont forget the "fake" 4WD! its going to be a transverse mount engine,
like practically every other honda since the beginning of time.

kinda like a buff, hopped up subaru brat.