Mostly because it’s handy, flexible, decent on fuel and comfortable, I like the Honda Ridgeline. To clear this up from the onset: the Ridgeline is not a truck for big-truck guys, and your writer is not a big-truck guy. Numerous friends accost me vigorously because of this. Mostly, these are friends that run big-ass Dodges and Fords u

Back in 2005 when announced and released the first generation Ridgeline as a 2006 model the automotive world was a buzz. How dare Honda produce a vehicle that they call a truck, market as a truck and that looks like a truck – on a unibody chassis. It was a first in the market and it was a hard pill to swallow for many, especially truck owners and e

The Ridgeline is back after a three-year hiatus. Surfing their wind of change Honda decided to give the pickup truck a second chance, getting rid of the buttresses and integrating the manufacturer's new design language. Welcome to the all-new 2017 Ridgeline. The new design is undeniably Honda. If the look is familiar, well, that's because the

Sometimes the timing of a particular press vehicle is just right. In this case, the 2017 Honda Ridgeline arrived just when we were a week into a substantial renovation, and we were able to put its box’s cargo capability to good use. I was happy to see it arrive, and sad to see it go. Since the Ridgeline is mostly a Honda Pilot underneath,

Honda announced today that its 2021 Ridgeline pickup truck will arrive in showrooms next month with a restyled front end, an updated infotainment system with a volume knob, and a starting price of $44,435. That MSRP marks an increase of $1,730 over the 2020 model, for which you get a mid-size pickup that presents a more rugged face to the wor

From the driver’s seat it’s nearly impossible to tell this is a truck. In fact, I keep calling it the “Pilot” – because I was in the Pilot just a few weeks prior. Except for the Pilot’s new-generation push-button gear selector that replaces the Ridgeline’s standard automatic shift lever – the two rigs are the same on the inside. They share a platfo

2015 was an exciting year for Honda. Not only did they introduce the new and upgraded Accord and the Civic, the latter has also received its fair share of awards. It was in fact named the 2016 North American Car of the Year at the Detroit auto show.  For 2016, the automaker is starting the year with a bang by unveiling their new (and returning)

Honda Canada is asking owners of nearly 1,600 examples of its redesigned 2017 Ridgeline pickup to take their trucks to the dealer to have a wiring harness inspected for water infiltration. Transport Canada says water from a drain hole in the truck's bed could enter a connection in a wiring harness; that moisture may result in corrosion in th

The new 2017 Honda Ridgeline follows the footsteps of the previous generation and now long-in-the-tooth original Honda Ridgeline by not really being a 'truck', despite what Honda’s marketing department may say. When you head over to Honda.ca and look for the Ridgeline you will find it list under “Trucks” along with the HR-V , CR-V , Pilot an

Honda has issued a response video to the Chevrolet cement block attack ad in which shows a few hundred kilos worth of the bulky building material being dumped into the beds of its Silverado and the competitive Ford F-150 in order to prove the Silverado's steel bed is tougher than the Ford's aluminum bodywork . Honda's video features the bra

You’ve got to hand it to Honda for sticking with the Ridgeline. If you pay any mind to the online armchair experts, you’d think the Ridgeline was the proverbial weakling getting sand kicked in its grille by all the other mid-size truck bullies. That’s nonsense, though, and the 2019 Honda Ridgeline possesses nearly everything a great truck requ

It's still early in the morning on the first day of Detroit's North American International Auto Show, but one of the show's biggest announcements has just taken place. That announcement is the winners of the 2017 North American Car, Truck, and Utility Vehicle of the year. This year's winners are the Chevrolet Bolt, Chrysler Pacifica, and Honda Ridg

Honda might be the automotive partner of the NHL, but Wayne Gretzky is the face of hockey worldwide, and perhaps nowhere is that more keenly felt than in Los Angeles, where he played a key role in building the strong fan base that the game enjoys today. It was thus a no-brainer for Honda to bring him to the 2016 LA Auto Show to help the brand annou

As full-size trucks increasingly bulk up, some buyers are turning to midsize models. For many owners, these smaller trucks are often more than capable enough to do the job, all while taking up less space in tight quarters and in parking lots. Our team of more than 20 automotive experts considered all new midsize truck models available to Canadia

This February is a relatively lean month for new-vehicle introductions. Two fully redesigned upscale SUVs – the Acura MDX and Buick Envision – are on their way to showrooms as you read this, while the Nissan Kicks subcompact crossover and Honda Ridgeline mid-size pickup roll into dealers with cosmetic tweaks to keep them looking fresh for a few mor