2006 Honda Ridgeline RT Review - Autochannel (press release)
2006 Honda Ridgeline RT. Think of Honda, and what comes to mind. Until the 2006 Honda Ridgeline. Not surprisingly, the Ridgeline is a very different sort of vehicle than any other pickup. By some conservative definitions of pickup, it isn't even a ``real'' pickup. Unlike any other mid- or full-size pickup truck ever built, it is not made with body-on-frame construction, but with car-like unibody construction, a derivation of Honda's ``Global Light Truck'' platform like the Pilot SUV, but with 93 percent of... The lower part of the structure is comprised of seven high-strength steel crossmembers that create a fully-boxed ladder frame integrated into the structure. Its pickup bed is comparable in size to that of a crew-cab compact truck, and no other truck has the Ridgeline's extremely useful locking ``In-Bed Trunk''(tm) underneath the rear of the bed and its convenient dually-hinged tailgate. Power is supplied by the 3. 5-liter V6 also found in the Ridgeline's platform mates, but revised for improved hauling and towing abilities. Three trim levels, RT, RTS, and RTL, are offered. All feature Honda's VTM-4 automatic four-wheel drive system and a locking rear differential for medium-duty off-road abilities. Even the RT is very well-equipped, with all of the important mechanical and safety systems of the more upscale. Source: www.theautochannel.com
