Honda says it's sticking by Ridgeline

[ifcar]

I wonder just how many Ridgelines would sell if Honda had an all wheel drive version of the Odyssey ( with a towing package. )

[Northlands]

If people could just get past the minivan image, I think an AWD Odyssey would cannibalize both the Ridgeline and the Pilot.

[ifcar]

If people could just get past the minivan image, I think an AWD Odyssey would cannibalize both the Ridgeline and the Pilot.

If people could get past the image, so would the FWD Odyssey.

[GoCougs]

Odyssey already sells way more than than the Pilot and Ridgeline combined.

[ifcar]

Odyssey already sells way more than than the Pilot and Ridgeline combined.

In 2010:

Odyssey: 108,182
Pilot: 102,323
Ridgeline: 16,142

And last month:

Pilot: 10,337
Odyssey: 10,147
Ridgeline: 1,211


So....no.

[Northlands]

In Cougs defense, overall I do see a lot more minivans on the roads than the Pilots. ( counting all of the years.)

People just can't face it. The minivan is the ultimate haul it vehicle!  Haul wood, any home supply , kids etc etc. Just raise it off the ground and give it AWD!!

[Byteme]

In Cougs defense, overall I do see a lot more minivans on the roads than the Pilots. ( counting all of the years.)

People just can't face it. The minivan is the ultimate haul it vehicle!  Haul wood, any home supply , kids etc etc. Just raise it off the ground and give it AWD!!

Many cargos require an open load bed.

[Northlands]

Many cargos require an open load bed.

Ooh I know. I just like to poke at the typical Ridgeline owner who's bought themselves essentially an Odyssey that looks like a truck and use it as a more manly ( ish.. I use the term quite loosely ) looking kid and grocery hauler.  I've driven all three vehicles and as much as I despise the thought of owning a minivan for daily use, I'd pick it over the Pilot and Ridgeline in a heartbeat.

[Tave]

Many cargos require an open load bed.

Too bad you get such a tiny one with the Ridgeline. The talk about payload ignored the fact that even the smallest beds on the midsize pickups are larger than the Ridgeline's, if a few inches shallower. In fact Honda has the smallest bed of anything this side of the Explorer Spot Trac.

[giant_mtb]

And it has super-rediculous bed-sides...way worse than the Avalanche pillars.  I remember reading an article when the thing first came out about how, because the sides of the bed were so high, they cut the tailgate short to maintain rearward visibility.  Why wouldn't they just, I dunno...make the fucking bedsides shorter?  I can't imagine reaching in to get anything from the sides is a particularly easy task.



Looks fricken retarded.  Like they had the tailgate flush with the sides and then tried to drive it and went "oh, shit...well, let's just chop the tailgate down a few inches! We gotta roll this thing out next week!"

[Byteme]

Too bad you get such a tiny one with the Ridgeline. The talk about payload ignored the fact that even the smallest beds on the midsize pickups are larger than the Ridgeline's, if a few inches shallower. In fact Honda has the smallest bed of anything this side of the Explorer Spot Trac.

But doesn't the Ridgeline have  a "trunk" under the bed floor that's quite useful?  That is, as long as you don't have a flat tire when you have a load of stuff in the bed that is since the spare resides in the "trunk".  

[GoCougs]

In 2010:

Odyssey: 108,182
Pilot: 102,323
Ridgeline: 16,142

And last month:

Pilot: 10,337
Odyssey: 10,147
Ridgeline: 1,211


So....no.

Interesting, I was wrong.

(Admit it, you were waiting for that.)

[ifcar]

Interesting, I was wrong.

(Admit it, you were waiting for that.)

I was waiting for you to say that you were obviously referring to a different year, of course.

[omicron]

This is a real Ridgeline.

That doesn't look bad at all.