Ridgeline Awards

[MontanaFred]

Ridgeline wins Strategic Vision's coveted "Most Delightful" compact pickup award.

Strategic Vision measures the experience of approximately 90,000 new vehicle owners annually. The survey has been done since 1996. Because of the nature of the factors measured, the results give the industry actionable information about multiple issues, including (a) building better vehicles, (b) communicating more effectively, (c) increasing sales opportunity, (d) creating strong brand image, (e) creating loyalty, and (f) assessing success and failure of strategy. GM product, not problems, and multiple levels of success are foremost.

Strategic Vision Announces Most Delightful Vehicles of 2005


Strategic Vision directly measures Customer Delight, which assesses the customers' responses to specific aspects of their vehicles, capturing the strength of the emotional response to what the vehicle delivers. The Edwards Customer Delight Scale(R) measures those responses. Scores range from 0-1000 depending on how comprehensively a vehicle delivers against the customers' specific needs. The top of the scale explicitly measures "Delight." A Customer Delight Index(TM) for 2005 was calculated from the responses of over 90,000 new vehicle owners who made their purchases between September 2004 and April 2005. They have owned their vehicles for at least 90 days, and the primary driver of the vehicle was surveyed.

Some of the winners in their class:

Compact Pickup Honda Ridgeline 612
Full-Size Pickup Nissan Titan 605
Heavy-Duty Pickup GMC Sierra 2500/3500 529

The Ridgeline was only available for a few months out of the survey period of Sept 2004 and April 2005. I wonder if that affected the results.

[Ridge]

Good find Fred. I'll torment the guys at Autoweek with it ...............now.

[MontanaFred]

Thanks Ridge. I think I saw your post over there, good job.

It doesn't appear that the "Most Delightful" awards get the kind of press that Motor Trends and the NAIAS Truck of the Year awards got but I think it is appropriate that the Ridge won "Most Delightful" in the compact pickup class. It seems the poll here showed owners were mostly delighted.

[Alfer]

Where does T Mac get all the time to read ALL of these papers ...

ALfer

[SSquire]

Originally Posted by milehigh

Ditto on Bellagio's buffet - it is simply spectacular.

Will be staying there at the end of March, thanks for the heads up!

[MontanaFred]

Here is another Honda award which is for all their cars and trucks.

Honda Recognized for Excellence in Safety Performance

Honda was recognized with the prestigious John A. Lynker Award for excellence in responsible engineering, an award presented annually by the Washington Automotive Press Association

Over the course of time, the following safety features will come standard on Honda and Acura vehicles (some as soon as the close of 2006) says Thomas: "front side airbags with Occupant Position Detection System, side curtain airbags for every row of every vehicle, pedestrian safety external features, anti-lock braking system and vehicle stability assist for our light trucks."

[flymuck]

Originally Posted by MontanaFred

Here is another Honda award which is for all their cars and trucks.

Honda Recognized for Excellence in Safety Performance

Honda was recognized with the prestigious John A. Lynker Award for excellence in responsible engineering, an award presented annually by the Washington Automotive Press Association

Excellent. Thanks for the link.

I loved this quote from the article: “We have a saying at Honda that we want to be “a company that society wants to exists.””

HONDA RULEZ!!!

[MontanaFred]

I never heard of the Zoomies Awards but the Ridgeline just won the Zoomies Best New TRUCK!!!!!!!!!!

Best new truck: Hands down, the Honda Ridgeline is the best new brawny pickup. It looks a bit too much like the Chevy Avalanche to me, but still is strong enough to haul a big load or pull a trailer while being quiet inside. The fact that Honda came up with a lockable trunk in the truck's bed, well, that's priceless! Others will surely follow, but this isn't a market where you really want to be a follower.

Zoomies
2006 winners fuse looks, value and performance

Zoomies
2006 winners fuse looks, value and performance
By MARK SAVAGE
Special to the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Feb. 25, 2006
It's car show season again, and here come the 2006 Zoomies, the award so hot, we give it out in February, just to keep it from sizzling too much.

You'll recall that each February Zoomie gives out awards to the top cars and trucks that have been tested in the past 52 weeks. That's not all the new models out there, because a few don't make it to the southeastern Wisconsin market until after our cutoff date.

Remember, too, that while we'd all like a Ferrari in the driveway, Zoomie aims to give top prize to a car or truck that most of us could afford without mortgaging our house, cashing in the kids' college savings or text-messaging the devil.

The top Zoomie goes to a vehicle that delivers good styling, good value and generally delivers the moral equivalent of fun, even when parked.

[Razorfist]

Originally Posted by rtraviator

Best breakfast buffet in Vegas..... The Paris, fantastic!

TL

Have not tried Bellagio's Buffet But I have been to Paris' Dinner buffet and it is also first rate. Love the Crepe bar. Will try Bellagio's when I hit Vegas in September

Since this is a Ridgeline awards post though Last night Ridgeline won the First Annual " Razorfist award for kicking ass in a New England Snowstorm" Next football season it should win the "Razorfist Ultimate tailgate award" In the Holds a ton of beer in the trunk Category. Seriously I have had it a week and All my friends who see it are very impressed. One of them wants to trade in his CRV for one. Ridgeline definitely deserves all the awards.

[LadyRidge]

Sorry if this is a repeat!!
http://automobiles.honda.com/images/...ver_200505.pdf