I was expecting so much more....it really only appears to be a front end refresh, which is needed, and an improvement, but I see nothing here that will make me look to upgrade over my 2019.....
I think it's a pretty big deal if Honda indeed plans to do an actual redesign (G3) in 2023. This is more of a much-needed refresh that we all wanted for 2020.
Looks like Honda may have been busy with the plant while it was closed down for COVID-19.
Looks more "trucky", but I am not especially enamored with it. It reminds me just a bit too much of a tacoma, but maybe I would have a different impression in person.
Standard Safe Collison Warning features. Good to see that. Looks like they downplayed the 2wd being FWD with comments about the AWD features of this and that. Whatever. It's a good AWD system. I'd like to know if they've improved the Transmission cooling system personally. The one that's on these 17's is suspect.
It's interesting that the infotainment system gets a volume knob, but it's not the newer infotainment system with updated graphics and 4G LTE connectivity found in the Odyssey/Pilot/Passport. I'm glad to see it didn't get the new "Fisher-Price" instrument cluster with the horizontal tachometer.
I admit I was wrong on another post where I said the Passport nose would be as 'masculine' as it could get without looking odd. This looks pretty good. Really good actually. The fender flares still look odd (the cut out for the gas tank and the abrupt end at the front door, but it fits a little better than prev years. Would like to see some pics of lower trim vehicles
Would be interesting if there are unmentioned changes to the suspension to facilitate the new offset (considering the brouhaha here anytime someone adds spacers or aftermarket wheels)
Other than that damn ZF9 I would entertain trading in my 2017.
I wonder if visibility over the nose has changed at all with the extra nose bump. Not that I can see my hood anyway, but a big detractor of the other trucks I test drove was the huge bus sized blind spot in front of the vehicle because I'm too short. That said, this look may have to grow on me, because it kind of looks like the G2 had it's face mushed in like a pug.
Even though I have a 2020 RTL-E, I'm a sucker and will probably jump on this. I had two RAM 1500s between my G1 and G2s and really liked the cool stuff - aka dual exhausts, power bulge, etc. Everything indicates the same interior dimensions, so I can probably just most my accessories over (even the Extang tonneau which has been on my 2017 and 2020).
Wow this looks great! When my 17 rtlt dies...I will def upgrade still dont like push button shifter though....BUT ITS RIDICULIOUS ALL THESE PEOPLE STILL COMPLAINING THAT THWY ARENT HAPPY WITH THE REFRESH....ALL THE PROBLEMS PEOPLE HAD WAS WITH THE FRONT END NOT LOOKING TRUCKISH WELL I LIKE BOTH VERSIONS...U CANT MAKE ANYONE HAPPY....GEEEZZZ COMPLAIN COMPLAIN
Not sold on the fender flair trim, but I do think the front clip update is definitely an improvement.
Wheel changes (finally a new design) and a wider track are welcome. Wish it had the new 10 speed, but no surprise, given that they just swapped the 6 for the 9 last year.
I like most of what I see, save for the overdone fender flairs. My jury is still out on the ram-horn ish chrome trim on the front, but it's still an improvement over the current design.
I think those fender flares/trim will just be on the HPD package. Just an assumption that non-HPD will have the current model fender trim size. I'd like to find out more about the other PPO packages.
Looks cool, I guess. If I cared that much about looks over function I wouldn't have bought a Ridgeline to begin with though. A more masculine look isn't worth throwing money away for something that will do the exact same thing to me though. Keeping and still loving my 2017.