Honda’s only pickup truck-Ridgeline

Honda’s technical research seems to have never been associated with pickup trucks, but in the United States, the largest pickup truck market in the world, Honda will naturally not miss this opportunity. Honda Ridgeline is a pickup truck model launched by Honda in the American market. Just recently, the 2021 Honda Ridgeline has just been released. The new car is a mid-term modified model of the previous model. Let’s take a look at the official map of the vehicle.

The front of the 2021 Honda Ridgeline has become more square, and the ribs on the hood have become more obvious. At the same time, the area of the air intake grille has also increased and merged with the hood. At the top of the air intake grille, Honda Ridgeline is decorated with a chrome trim strip. This chrome trim strip similar to the beard shape extends all the way to the inside of the LED headlight group at the front of the car, making the whole car more imposing and more recognizable.

The side of Honda Ridgeline is a typical four-door pickup truck layout. As a pickup truck model, Honda Ridgeline will naturally have a higher ground clearance. The Honda Ridgeline in the above picture is equipped with HPD off-road kit, and the golden rim is matched with the towering wheel arch, which makes the gas field of the whole vehicle more powerful.

As an American pickup truck, the loading function must be valued by American consumers. From the official map, we can see that the loading performance of Honda Ridgeline is still relatively strong. After the rear bucket baffle is leveled, it can also load slightly longer items through other fixed methods. In addition, after the mid-term modification, the original hidden exhaust of Honda Ridgeline has become a circular exhaust arrangement with one side and two outlets, which is more domineering.

Entering the car of Honda Ridgeline, everything is so familiar. The center console of Honda Ridgeline is very similar to many Honda models sold in China. In terms of the big screen of the car, the modified Honda Ridgeline has been upgraded from the original 5-inch screen to the 8-inch screen, and the shift mechanism of the vehicle is also different from that of the domestic fuel SUV model, which is a button-type shift mode, and two cup holders are also provided on the right side.

In terms of active safety configuration, the 2021 Honda Ridgeline comes standard with Honda’s latest Honda Sensing safety system, which includes collision warning, active braking, lane keeping, lane deviation warning and adaptive cruise.

In terms of power, the 2021 Honda Ridgeline is equipped with a 3.5L V6 engine with a maximum power of 280Ps(205Kw), matching a 9AT gearbox; Most models of Honda Ridgeline will be equipped with Honda i-VTM4 four-wheel drive system, so that the off-road performance of the vehicle can be further guaranteed.

As a pickup truck model that we are very unfamiliar with, Honda Ridgeline seems to have no plans to introduce to China for the time being. But in China, is Honda willing to bring this Honda Ridgeline to China in view of the gradual relaxation of pickup truck policy? Of course, first of all, in terms of vehicle emissions, this 3.5L V6 engine should miss us, and it should be replaced by a 2.0T engine code-named K20C. But what will happen to the price of vehicles after the introduction? Perhaps Honda will not specially arrange a production line for this kind of car that is slightly niche in China, so if it wants to introduce domestic sales, it should also use the way of vehicle import.

In addition, in recent years, our independent domestic brands have also made great efforts to launch many brand-new pickup trucks, such as the Great Wall Cannon pickup trucks. Then, will Honda "rub" this wave of "heat"? Let’s wait and see.