Perimeter countertop is Cambria's Ella
with Ridgeline Edge.
The truck's additional ground clearance thanks to the leveling kit and all - terrain tires should give it better chops off road, although we were impressed
with the Ridgeline's off - road prowess during this year's TAWA Truck Rodeo competition.
It's tough as well, since it shares many underpinnings
with the Ridgeline pickup.
Once a compatible phone is paired
with the Ridgeline's Bluetooth HandsFreeLink system, the text messaging function is enabled.
It also works
with the Ridgeline's controls — both on the audio touchscreen and the steering - wheel mounted controls, so you don't need to pick up your phone.
The system stores a pair of user profile seat settings — one for each of the two key fobs that come standard
with the Ridgeline.
My main concern
with the Ridgeline centered on the fact that it's essentially a crossover SUV with a bed.
Every time I quibbled
with the Ridgeline's truckiness, he was there with a swift defense, mostly because the Ridgeline made an excellent production vehicle.
It's the latter where we had our one real problem
with the Ridgeline.
However, during our year
with the Ridgeline, our crew still found it to be as capable as most people need.
GM is back with a vengeance with their new Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, the former of which won MotorTrend's Truck of the Year award for 2015, Nissan's Frontier will be updated soon, Honda is returning
with the Ridgeline, and rumors suggest Ford's Ranger is due to return as well.
Or use the Pacifica platform for a pick up like Honda does
with Ridgeline.
We also towed and hauled
with the Ridgeline and were impressed at the power generated by the direct - injected 24 - valve 3.5 L V - 6 engine and the smooth shifting six - speed automatic transmission.
With the Ridgeline, Honda seemed to target consumers who wanted a second vehicle looking for more recreational utility or functionality for work and family life.
The 2017 Ridgeline earned a best possible 5 - Star Overall Vehicle Rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
with Ridgeline already ranking as the first and only pickup to earn a TOP SAFETY PICK + rating from the IIHS.1
Nissan is also expected to introduce a new version of the Frontier within the year, as is Honda
with its Ridgeline.
Yet for those who place rationality above all else, Honda's approach
with the Ridgeline can start to make a lot of sense in the right context, and this all - new model addresses a number of weaknesses found in the first generation truck while also improving upon its strengths.
A Honda spokesman declined to comment on future product plans, but said in an email that, «Ridgeline continues to be an important part of our lineup and we're pleased
with Ridgeline sales, up 24 percent year - over-year and 32 percent in June.»
Not exact matches
«What impresses me is that
ridgeline, and not just the fact that there is a
ridgeline, but that it's covered
with this wild biology,» he says.
When we finally arrive at the climactic battle, there's no sense of geography or space, so that friendly Indians lining up along a
ridgeline to shoot at baddies not harmed by bullets (until they are) may as well have been inserted in post-production along
with the antagonists.
Ridgeline High School debate teacher Brad Gibbons recently won a national honor recently
with a Diamond Coach Award.
Table 2 Charters
with Lowest Administrative Costs Per pupil Charter Enrollment Administration / Pupil Flagstaff Montessori, LLC 257 $ 0 Premier Charter High School 3,217 $ 128 Ed Ahead, Inc. 82 $ 240 Noah Web Pima 281 $ 286 The Odyssey Preparatory Academy, Inc. 2,641 $ 319 Akimel O'Otham Pee Posh Charter School 181 $ 330 James Madison Preparatory School 184 $ 373 Educational Impact, Inc. 201 $ 393 EDUPRIZE SCHOOLS LLC 3,630 $ 417 Hillcrest Academy 106 $ 432 Montessori Education Centre — Charter School 462 $ 436 El Centro for the Study of Primary and Secondary Education, Inc. 63 $ 537 CAFA, Inc., dba Learning Foundation Performing Arts Alta Mesa 252 $ 538 Friendly House Inc. 397 $ 550 Self Development Charter School 461 $ 555 Carden of Tucson, Inc 129 $ 557 Global Renaissance Academy of Distinguished Education 93 $ 563 Satori, Inc. 169 $ 605
Ridgeline Academy 609 $ 633 Happy Valley School Inc. 464 $ 670 Empower College Prep 377 $ 680 CAFA, Inc. 214 $ 682 Heritage Academy, Inc. 650 $ 691 P.L.C. CHARTER SCHOOLS 1.134 $ 711 Benchmark School, Inc. 417 $ 736 Horizon Community Learning Center 799 $ 753 American Basic School 880 $ 758 Pioneer Preparatory School Challenge Foundation 628 $ 769 East Valley Academy 23 $ 776 Benjamin Franklin Charter School 2,850 $ 781
A young woman
with braces glued to her crooked teeth asks the purpose of our trip as a young man peers into the cabin of the all - new 2017 Honda
Ridgeline, eyeing the two Honda CRF450X dirt bikes strapped down in the bed.
During the year that we had our 2006 Four Seasons
Ridgeline, I kept meaning to fill that handy underbed trunk
with icy brew, but I never did it.
The only model that was close to the
Ridgeline in terms of sales was the Nissan Titan,
with 21,576 trucks sold last year.In other words, the Honda
Ridgeline is barely a blip on the radar of truck buyers.
We can say
with no hesitation that the
Ridgeline is not for serious towing and hauling.
However, the Honda
Ridgeline never had the chops to compete
with mainstream pickup trucks.
(Compare this dark cherry truck's grille and taillights
with our blue Four Season
Ridgeline)
The miles pass quickly as the
Ridgeline bobs and weaves, sturdy as it skips along the two - track outlined
with succulents.
Driving the
Ridgeline is a lot like piloting an Accord
with a porch on the back.
I reflect on how handily the
Ridgeline dealt
with our madness.
But the power and full size of the Tundra for the price of the
Ridgeline, and the other American trucks
with huge discounts was tough to beat.
Honda is recalling certain Accords and Crosstours for an issue
with the airbags, while the
Ridgeline is being recalled for the spare tire.
With no need for aerodynamic trickery, the rear bumper fills out the perimeter footprint of the
Ridgeline, giving the impression of space and substance.
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.
I spent the weekend stuffing the
Ridgeline's bed and in - bed trunk
with large odds and ends like a ladder, a big cooler, and flats of bottled water.
A larger footprint would result in a lower mandated standard — important, considering the present 2014 Honda
Ridgeline is EPA rated at 15/21 mpg city / highway, which is on par
with several full - size pickups on the market.
So the basics: All 2017 Honda
Ridgelines come
with a single engine, the 3.5 - liter V - 6 found in numerous Honda products.
As was the case
with the first model, it's tempting to measure and rate the new Honda
Ridgeline in the context of its competition.
Whip down a rough dirt road and the
Ridgeline can run
with two of best of the current midsize truck segment — the Chevy Colorado / GMC Canyon and Toyota Tacoma.
Combined
with the extra cab and bed configurations, there's still plenty of midsize truck ground that the
Ridgeline can't reach.
And while its front - drive - based, unibody platform may suggest otherwise, Honda says the
Ridgeline's towing and payload numbers will be competitive
with other midsize trucks.
Like the current
Ridgeline, which went out of production last year, we expect the new model to continue sharing its unibody platform
with the Honda Pilot and Acura MDX SUVs.
The
Ridgeline comes standard
with a hitch receiver and industry standard seven - pin plug, and it's also pre-wired for a trailer brake controller.
Eleven years after the original Honda
Ridgeline provided a different take on the pickup truck, Honda has returned
with the 2017
Ridgeline just as the midsize truck segment heats up a bit.
With un-trucks like the
Ridgeline, specs matter even more because they need to do what trucks do while taking a different route to the final result.
The original
Ridgeline emphasized its oddities
with bizarre, out - there styling that looked nothing like any other pickup truck.
It was clear Honda had different ideas about what a midsize truck should be, and despite the criticism it took for its supposed shortcomings, the Ridge found a following: The first
Ridgeline sold 250,000 units, 175,000 of which are still
with their original owners.
Fuel economy numbers will be higher in the FWD
Ridgeline, and Honda hopes to attract more buyers
with a lower price point.
Honda already issued a teaser image for the new
Ridgeline a few months ago, which gave away little about the truck other than its new overall profile which looks to adopt a more conventional, truck - like shape compared
with the outgoing
Ridgeline and its sloping rear bed.