[Merged:] HONDA RIDGELINE: Honda's 1st Pickup Truck

[Rediesel]

I'd rather get the upcoming Tundra, astiig!!!

[sikuya]

this truck has ample power and torque and some nifty features like the in-bed storage area with a floor drain included; the dual-action tailgate that opens up-down or sideways.
but then again, it's a unibody truck, and the exterior look is very polarizing. but it's a honda, and american honda won't have any trouble selling thousands of these next month.
will i buy it over the new toyota tacoma and nissan frontier or even GM's chevy colorado/ GMC canyon or dodge dakota ? probably not.

[Visitor]

Thats one butt ugly truck!

[cyberdoc95]

This is one of those times when you can say: "WHAT ARE THEY THINKING??"...Surely, this design is quite odd for a pick-up truck. But I've read in one automotive website review of this pick-up saying that the odd design of the loading area(back area), is due to aerodynamics daw. This is what honda is claiming. I'll take their word for it. I must say, it really does look aerodynamically-efficient kasi mukha na siyang space ship. he he he he

But just a thought - do you really need aerodynamically-efficient vehicle when you drive your vehicle up the mountain? Probably when driving on a freeway, but I doubt it so much if you need it when off-roading. But who knows, maybe their designers think it might be important to off-roaders.

[sikuya]

here's one's magazine's explanation of the weird looking C-pillar:

"unfortunately,cutting the back end out of a unibody structure to make room for a cargo bed weakens the structure's strength.One side effect is unusually thick and awkward-looking C-pillars just aft of the rear-passenger side glass.Behind the backwards-angled sheetmetal are structure pieces that help keep the truck taut".
surely, this truck breaks all the rules.but this truck is another example of honda's inability to come up with a real truck chassis and an efficient V8. and nissan is coming in closer year after year.



that grille is very freaky-looking.

[boybi]

futuristic? mas mukha ngang 60s car e.
unibody para may aerodynamics? e ang kapal naman ng nguso. dun palang hindi na magiging smooth ang flow ng air.

[pepengtom]

concept car?
baka hindi naman ilabas yan...

[pissword]

para syang MB MUSSO... hindi heavy duty.. oh well.. knowing honda ganyan lang naman talaga ang gagawin nila

[Supierreman]

production vehicle na yan.. yung concept car nyan dati was dubbed as the Honda SUT (sport utility Truck daw)

it's a softroader unibody pickup aimed for the american market. Large Engine for the freeway and pang highway use lang yata yan di pwede pang hardcore offroad :P

[quiksie]

panget sayang ang honda!