AutoReviewsOnline: 2008 Honda Ridgeline [3.28.8]

[T Mac]

That Honda would build a pickup truck should come as no surprise – after all, with motorcycles, ATVs, generators, lawnmowers, weed-whackers and outboard motors making up an important part of the company’s portfolio, their customers need a vehicle to tote these things around in. What does surprise, however, is just how well the Ridgeline has been executed.

The heart and strength of the Ridgeline is its platform. Gone is the traditional body-on-frame chassis in favour of a unibody with a fully boxed frame built right into it. This platform is incredibly stiff – Honda says the bending rigidity is 2.5 times better than the best body-on-frame compact truck. The upshot is a truck that does not begin to 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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By Graeme Fletcher

[MikeT]

The only glaring error was the description of what the VTM-4 Lock button does. Other than that, I think it was a rather fair review.