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That Honda would build a pickup truck should come as no surprise. After all, with motorcycles, ATVs, generators, lawn mowers, weed wackers and outboard motors making up an important part of the company's portfolio, its customers needed a vehicle with which to tote these things around. What surprises, however, is just how well the Ridgeline has been executed.

The heart and strength of the Ridgeline is its platform. Instead of the traditional body-on-frame chassis, Honda went with a fully boxed frame built right into it. This platform is incredibly stiff. Honda says the Ridgeline's bending rigidity is 2.5 times better than that of the best body-on-frame compact truck. The upshot is a truck that does not rattle and squeak whenever the body is torqued. Running the Ridgeline through a pretty serious set of moguls on an off-road trek drove the point home.

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Graeme Fletcher, Canwest News Service