2006 Honda Ridgeline Review at Automotive.com
»Locate a Dealer»Find a Used Car»Get Financing
Honda
Ridgeline
2006

2006 Honda Ridgeline Review

Read a comprehensive review of the 2006 Honda Ridgeline by one of the automobile experts at Automotive.com. Find an analysis of the test drive, the interior and exterior of the vehicle, specs, options, features and more. Learn how the industry leaders ...     read more
Find a Car
 

2006 Honda Ridgeline Review

My way or the highway.
Lots of people in this world are smart, talented, adamantly set in their ways and can't be reasoned with. All of them work for Honda. More than any other, this is the company that insists on building cars one size small, two cylinders short, and front-wheel-drive whenever possible, just to name some examples. The combined forces of consumer cries, media slams, and withering sales gets the occasional concession - we got an all-wheel-drive Acura RL last year - but the rest of the time, Honda will be Honda or die trying.

Can you blame them? Whether because of or in spite of these methods, the products are doing just fine. Accords were outselling any other nameplate long before they grew up and got V6s while the Pilot is proving to be the spot-on approach to SUVs. Will this work at the next level? Honda's taking a whack at pickup trucks now, the segment where body-on-frame construction, heavy-duty axles, rear and 4-wheel-drive, and multiple bodies are mandatory to make a passing grade. Honda decided to skip all of the above.
Review Sections
•Introduction
•Road Test
•Inside and Out
•Other Thoughts
•Last Word
Get Your Free Quote on a Honda Ridgeline


Insightful, ignorant, brave, suicidal - one prediction's as good as another. The only certainty is that a headstrong car company is charging into a segment contrary to everything it stands for, and the results promise to be interesting. Next Page


Community Comments
No one has commented on this article yet. Why not be the first to leave a comment?

Add a Comment (Must Be Registered)
User Name
Not Registered? Signup Here
Password
Comment
   (1024 character limit)
2006 Honda Ridgeline
  
Similarly Priced
2010 Chevrolet Colorado
$18,110
2010 Chevrolet Colorado
 
2010 Ford Ranger
$17,440
2010 Ford Ranger
 
2010 GMC Canyon
$18,180
2010 GMC Canyon
 
2010 GMC Sierra
$20,850
2010 GMC Sierra