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After Honda showed its new schnoz on the redesigned Pilot, we knew what was bound to happen to the Ridgeline. And it's as unfortunate as expected. These newest spy shots show Honda's unibody pickup with a similar nose job as its fully enclosed sibling, complete with an upright grille framing an angular trim piece, and new headlamps. The only other discernable difference on the outside are redesigned taillights, and here's hoping that the interior gets some much needed material love when the new Ridgeline debuts later this year.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
akboss302 @ Jul 15th 2008 12:40PM
wow, groundbreaking work guys.
Dustin @ Jul 15th 2008 1:19PM
Yes, the pithy comments are incredible. We know how much truck guys are concerned with being pretty.
And the headlights actually have not changed.
TwinTurboVR4 @ Jul 15th 2008 7:56PM
looks better than the old one, but it's still ugly as sin.
Torrent @ Jul 15th 2008 12:41PM
I wonder who controlled the 'Latitude' of the 'Pilot' grill. ROFL! Get it? Huh? Anyone? Wow you guys are out of the know.
PhattyDre16 @ Jul 16th 2008 12:13PM
Now that wouldn't happen to be one of them there puns, would it?
Johnnie @ Jul 15th 2008 12:42PM
Doesn't matter what they do to the front of the truck, the sloping truck bed is what kills it for me.
why not the LS2LS7? @ Jul 15th 2008 1:48PM
You mean the top of the bed sides?
That's characteristic of a unibody truck. The Avalanche/Escalade EXT have it too. It's needed to retain some strength in the unibody.
R @ Jul 15th 2008 2:51PM
And this is why looks trump function for the masses.
TJ @ Jul 15th 2008 2:12PM
strange, the Comanche didn't need it....
TJ @ Jul 15th 2008 2:15PM
strange, the Comanche didn't need it....
Dan @ Jul 15th 2008 3:44PM
The Avalanche and Escalade aren't unibody.
The bed sides angled up aren't so reviled because they're ugly but because they block bed access from the side of the truck. And visibility.
Oh, and they're ugly.
AkulaX1 @ Jul 15th 2008 12:42PM
Honduhhh fail
TJ @ Jul 15th 2008 12:44PM
wow. that is hideous.
Frank @ Jul 15th 2008 12:44PM
if honda and acura were people i would swear they got dressed in the dark and half drunk.
Brent @ Jul 15th 2008 12:45PM
Making the truck ugly is a great way to get closer to the CAFE 35MPG. haha
Amber @ Jul 15th 2008 12:54PM
Honda is already ahead of everyone in meeting CAFE. Honda Group is 2.7 mpg above second place Hyundai Kia group in corporate avg fuel economy of all their vehicles in the united states.
Imagine if Honda which is the worlds largest engine maker didnt care about fuel economy or emissions!! Global warming would have been here in the 1980s
TJ @ Jul 15th 2008 1:00PM
@amber:
:laughing: I pray to god that was satire!
Brent @ Jul 15th 2008 1:10PM
Amber,
There was global warming before man. But whatever to make yourself feel good.
mustang84 @ Jul 15th 2008 1:36PM
Amber, you're a riot.
The earth has been cooling and warming long before mankind lit the first fire. Global warming is a political sham.
And this truck is ugly as sin. Another dud from Honda.
Amber @ Jul 15th 2008 1:48PM
Brent and Mustang84,
If you think emissions are over rated and exhaust from cars dont harm the environment I have a little game I want to play with both of you.
Come over to my garage and I will pull up two chairs for the both of you. I will then close off the garage door and all the windows and doors and turn on my car and let it run. I will watch you two from outside my garage window.
The planet is just a bigger version of my garage. After a while it fills up!
P.S. But Im a nice person. Right before you pass out I will come and rescue both of you.