car-Honda Ridgeline Black Edition AWD (2017) review
car-Honda Ridgeline Black Edition AWD (2017) review ► Honda Ridgeline pick-up tested ► Naturally aspirated V6 and AWD ► 2017 model year US-market truck The extended version of Honda’s 2010 Impossible Dream advert illustrated how Honda has built everything from motorbikes to sports cars, quad bikes to speed boats, private jets to robots. But no mention was made of a pick-up truck, perhaps because the advert was never shown in the US. Yet Honda has designed and manufactured the Ridgeline – often referred to as a ‘sports utility truck’ – in the US since 2005. The second-generation version was launched at the 2016 Detroit motor show, and CAR took the opportunity to drive the top-spec Black Edition AWD model during a recent trip Stateside. What platform is the Ridgeline based on? It’s Honda’s Global Light Truck platform, which features a multi-material mix consisting mainly of super-high- (19.3%) and high-strength steel (35.7%), with a light smattering of aluminium (bonn