Sentences with phrase «ridgeline rides»

True to its unibody underpinnings, the Ridgeline rides and handles better than the Tacoma or Colorado.

While that might sound a bit obtuse at first, please hear us out: the Honda Ridgeline rides on a unibody chassis borrowed from Honda's crossover program, giving it a much more supple ride than one might expect from a utility - focused vehicle.

Not exact matches

Where the Toyota Tacoma and Chevrolet Colorado ride on tough bespoke truck chassis, with rugged body - on - frame construction, the Hyundai will have a softer, less - capable unibody construction, putting it more in - line with the Honda Ridgeline than anything else.

At this month's Detroit auto show, Honda confirmed that a new version of the Honda Ridgeline pickup truck will follow the 2016 Honda Pilot; the two models ride on essentially the same platform.

For those who laugh at the idea of buying a Suzuki truck, ask yourself if you'd rather be driving a Ridgeline and riding a Honda dirt bike or in a real truck with a Suzuki dirt bike in the bed.

When Honda first introduced the Ridgeline in 2005, they approached its design from a non-traditional perspective, focusing on offering the utility of a pickup with the ride comfort, ease of use, and efficiency of a car.

Nicole Wakelin: The 2017 Honda Ridgeline is back after a two - year hiatus with better styling, great features, and a ride so smooth it puts some cars to shame.

Philip Ruth: After dog - earing my thesaurus looking for nice things to say about the Toyota Tacomas that came for review — steering response is slow, but at least the ride is stiff — I found the 2017 Honda Ridgeline to require no effort at all to be liked.

The Ridgeline retains its unibody platform, and shows it off with exceptional driving and handling skills, along with a well - balanced ride and quiet interior.

Honda's new Ridgeline looks more like a traditional pickup truck than its predecessor, but it continues to offer SUV - like on - road ride and handling characteristics that are a bit more refined than its GM and Toyota rivals.

«When it comes to ride quality, the Ridgeline might be the cream of the compact pickup crop.

True, a unibody - based vehicle like the Honda Ridgeline might offer more car - like handling and a more refined ride, but if your Pop likes to get out and hit the trails hardcore, he'll be better off with something like this Tacoma TRD Pro.

An independent rear suspension design gives the Ridgeline an advantage in ride comfort, impact aftershake, handling response, handling stability, unsprung weight and off - road mobility.

The Ridgeline's rear suspension is a compact, multi-link trailing arm layout for excellent ride and handling, light weight, and optimum packaging that contributes to the pickup bed having minimal wheel well intrusions.

In addition, the Ridgeline is ranked among the best in compact pickup trucks by U.S. News and KBB.com, based on reliability, comfort of ride and refined drivetrain.

These dimensions, capacities and features permit the Ridgeline to easily transport heavy objects such as motorcycles or appliances, an ATV or a riding mower.

May 8, 2016 — The 2017 Ridgeline's chassis provides excellent ride and handling qualities, regardless of whether the vehicle is empty or fully loaded, making Ridgeline equally adept and accommodating as a people and cargo hauler.

Based on Honda's Global Light Truck platform — with its highly rigid, aerodynamic and tightly sealed unitized body construction, Advanced Compatibility Engineering ™ (ACE ™) safety body structure, and fully independent front and rear suspension systems with Amplitude Reactive Dampers — the 2017 Honda Ridgeline offers vastly superior ride comfort and handling precision compared to conventional body - on - frame truck offerings, along with the top - in - class cabin quietness and anticipated collision safety performance.

As you can see... the new Ridgeline brings more traditional truck proportions and styling than the previous generation... while retaining space efficiency, ride comfort and flexible utility that helped make the original Ridgeline both the Motor Trend Truck of the Year... as well as the North American Truck of the Year.

Ride quality, handling and creature comfort in general are excellent, really top notch and gives the Ridgeline an edge over other mid-sized pickups.

If the Chevrolet Colorado's ride is car - like, then the Ridgeline is downright luxurious.

The Hyundai pickup will ride atop a unibody SUV platform, much like the Honda Ridgeline.

And just to confirm the 2020 Passport won't be an SUV, it'll ride on the same platform as the Pilot and will also be built alongside it in Alabama, where the automaker also builds the Odyssey and Ridgeline.

Body roll is also kept to a minimum, and riding on 18 - inch wheels across the range the Ridgeline feels very competent in all scenarios.

Edmunds.com said,... In addition to its relatively carlike handling and ride, the Ridgeline offers a comfortable five - passenger cabin.

For the new 2017 Ridgeline, Honda wanted to keep the things buyers liked — unibody ride and handling, cabin space — and fix the things that put people off: mostly styling.

For a highly capable and smooth - riding new pickup truck, the choice is clear: the 2018 Honda Ridgeline.

The in - bed trunk, solid infotainment system and excellent ride and handling are Ridgeline advantages you'll appreciate all the time.

Honda needs some street credibility.There's little doubt that its new Ridgeline, the first pickup with unibody construction, will handle better, ride more comfortably and get...

Its unique body architecture, featuring two fully - boxed longitudinal frame rails and seven high strength steel cross members in a unitized body construction delivers vastly superior body rigidity and provides the foundation for the Ridgeline's spacious interior cabin and bed, outstanding safety performance and class - leading ride and handling performance.

Before you try to compare that to full - sized truck prices, which have huge rebates, it is just not an apples to apples comparison, but if you want a roomy cab, a great ride, good fuel economy, and you are not towing or hauling anything heavy, the new Ridgeline is an exceptional car, I mean truck.

For customers who want to split the difference between the smooth - riding Ridgeline and the rough - and - ready Raptor, the best trucks with AWD include the 4 - wheel drive 2017 Chevrolet Silverado with the Z71 off - road package.