The 2021 Honda Ridgeline Sport HPD is a More Robust Looking Multifaceted Truck 

Yes I'm a fan. I love the masculine look, this is how trucks are supposed to look!

Sofyan, the tailgate is rated at a 300 lb. load WHILE IN MOTION - it can handle CONSIDERABLY more weight while stopped, so no worries about "fat people" breaking it. :) The second generation Ridgeline's tailgate is a carryover from the one on the first generation which was tested to support the weight of another Ridgeline between two Ridgelines with their tailgates lowered (I can provide the source for this information upon request). Also, you might knock off a couple of TENTHS of a second by using the 10-speed instead of the 9-speed, but not two SECONDS - you'd need another hundred horsepower or so to do that. :). Another also, did you have the transmission in D or S when performing your 0-60 test? In D, the transmission normally starts in second gear and has to downshift to first on heavy acceleration which wastes time. In S, the transmission starts in first for faster acceleration.

This is a poorly optioned model of a good truck. I’d rather have leather and other features than the HPD package.

@@garrettw99 Yea get the rtl and get heated seats, sunroof, and leather. Those plastic fenders will fade and you don't get more horses just stickers and ugly gold wheels

I've owned Honda's since my first in 76" , a three door Civic. To call this gadget laden toy a "Truck" is sort of a joke. If Honda ever makes a real truck, i'll be first in line and will gladly dump my F150.

Yep, most people around me buy trucks as everyday drivers but don't use them for what they were originally built for.

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If you are bigger than 300 pounds that should be the least of your concerns

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@@rizocars6115 If you're tall, then you will still be overweight but not seriously so.

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Sofyan has been reviewing cars for so long that he really has become an expert at it. I always enjoy watching Redline Review videos because of his detailed presentation.

@@braetonwilson4296 He truly is a master at doin vehicle reviews, and as you say he has been doing reviews a long time and it definitely shows in all that he talks about in his videos and his editing and camera work is definitely on another level theirs no doubt about it. His 2020 Honda CRV review helped my wife an I pull the trigger on our 2020 Honda CRV!

@@Smooththatsme he shited on the HR-V for the lack of acceleration... I still bought it regardless. It's not a sportscar obviously but I'm able to accelerate into freeways and pass others easily at least with the FWD since it's lighter than the AWD.

Lol ain’t that the truth. Where I live everyone either has a truck or is saving for a truck. It’s the suburbs. None of them do any “truck things” It’s just so they can rev their engines at red lights and hang out in parking lots with other people who have trucks.

Very true, I bought mine for Home Depot runs, hauling small stuff but will never use it to tow or go off road. It’s a great daily driver with a smooth ride and roomy for a midsize truck. Very happy with mine.

Or if your in a market for a truck but mainly only for the bed, this is for you

Yeah...my neighbors either have full size F150's or fully kitted out bro-dozers! With that in mind, this thing needs an additional 8 includes of lift and a 6.6 liter diesel. Then it will be ready for grocery runs and trips to the mall.

Define 'truck things'.

Crazy to compare Ridgeline w the Santa Cruz . The Ridgeline is a truck the Santa Cruse can’t compete, To me it’s a car and I think the girls will love it!!!

@@chucksabino5735 the ford maverick is more of a competitor to the Santa Cruz

@@ricanredliner ridgeline is the smallest truck so the santa cruize and maverick are always compared to it and its also unibody like the other 2

@@rileypettit4832 it’s two different classes. Ridgeline is still considered mid size while Santa Cruz is a compact

@@ricanredliner yeah thats true but its still the closest thing to the other two that we have on market is all i was saying

Lmao have to call bullshit. Even with the V6. Here is what motortrend said. “Like the Pilot with which it shares a platform, the Passport is exclusively powered by a 3.5-liter V-6 paired with a nine-speed automatic. AWD is optional; FWD is standard. The V-6 develops 280 hp and 262 lb-ft of torque which, in our First Test, helped hustle the Passport to 60 mph in 6.2 seconds.”

@@vulcanman64 once I break in my new car I’ll report back.

I have a 2016 Accord Coupe V6 Touring and that does 0-60 in the same time.

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What would that niche be?

@@frankmorris4790 A niche where a comfortable ride and extra rear seat room is more important than a slightly longer bed and an increase in towing ability over 5k pounds, that will never be used. A niche that finds a large, weatherproof locking "trunk" under the bed, along with weatherproof storage for the spare tire and jack to be very desirable features. A niche that finds having a tailgate that swings out to make reaching into the bed far easier than in other pickups very useful, especially for women, kids, and shorter men. A niche where a very capable torque vectoring AWD system that comes standard in all Ridgeline versions can be very useful in some parts of the country. A niche that never intends to use a pickup for heavy duty hauling, but could use one that fills the bill for comfortable family transportation while still being capable of running down to Home Depot and picking up a new refrigerator, or other bulky or messy items not suitable for SUV transport. Not to mention added safety features that aren't available in many pickups, and paddle shifters for those who want to control the transmission shift points under some conditions. These features may not be important to some, but might be to others, hence the description of "niche". I'm in the market for such a vehicle myself, but am waiting for the Santa Cruz and Maverick to come to market because those vehicles are about a foot shorter than the Ridgeline, or other compact pickups, and will offer somewhat similar capabilities while still fitting in my garage without me having to tear out a 2 foot deep workbench and storage cabinets that span the width of the front of the garage. Not to mention that the Santa Cruz and Maverick will also cost considerably less.

@@chuckd7423 All true. Sadly my "niche' is a ranch in New Mexico where we have two CRVs that fill the bill quite nicely for all you mention . If the time ever comes that Honda ever builds a real truck, sans gimmicks for soccer moms, I'll be the first in line because having owned six Honda's ( the first a three door in 76") I know what they can do. The stories I could tell, from Mexico to Montana!

@@chuckd7423 Well, except the refrigerator part the CRV will do, it can do an awful lot. I've hauled wood, water, tools, feed, groceries and done it in all weathers and road conditions in a CRV. We are twenty miles from town and better than a mile off the pavement. We could by God BE a commercial! The two we have are a 2001 and a 2006. We even had a third, a 2011 but it didn't last long here, a little to "urban" being somewhat closer to the ground and having an inside mounted doughnut of a spare. Out here we like having full size spare and having them mounted outside. That sunken trunk will gather in the "messy". I just wonder how well the gimmicky two way tail gate will hold up with real world work, hoping it does, thinkin' it won't.

@@frankmorris4790 Glad your CRVs work out for you, but the bed in the Ridgeline could be useful for a lot more things than what I mentioned. For example, it doesn't have wheelwells intruding, so it's wide enough to lay plywood or sheetrock flat, and will carry quite a load of that type of cargo with the tailgate down, and if you carry any type of loose landscaping material in the bed, like a load of sand, dirt, or mulch, you can just hose the composite bed out when you're done, which I don't think you would want to do with a CRV or any other type of SUV. it will also tow a lot more than your CRV if towing is ever needed. I occasionally tow a small boat and utility trailer with my older Chevy pickup, but can't imagine a situation where I would need a tow capability greater than the 5k the Ridgeline offers. I watched a couple of RU-vid videos testing it's torque vectoring AWD capabilities and it was pretty impressive in where it could go offroad, albeit ground clearance is pretty low, but for most terrain other than rock crawling that shouldn't be a big issue. It went through sandy, muddy terrain just fine and scrambled right up a sandy, rutted, steep hill that the reviewer said the previous 3 AWD vehicles tested failed to climb. I currently own a 2011 Hyundai Genesis 4.6 sedan and an older, standard cab Chevy Silverado pickup. Both have been reliable vehicles but the Chevy is a 95 model with over 250k miles, and I'm seriously eyeballing something like the Ridgeline that can serve as both a passenger vehicle and still haul or tow all I need, replacing my two vehicles with one. As for the storage "trunk" under the bed, you could be right about it getting messy, depending on how it's used, but I don't think it would be a problem for how I would use it. It's completely water tight, and there are videos of people taking the vehicle through car washes, with the trunk staying bone dry. Anyway, it's made of composite material and has a drain plug, so it should be easy to clean. I'm waiting for the Santa Cruz and Maverick to come out before I pull the trigger on anything, but the only fault I have with the Ridgeline is that it's fairly expensive and is also a little too long to fit into my garage without tearing out my built in, 2 foot deep workbench and storage cabinets, while the Santa Cruz and Maverick, both being about a foot shorter, will both fit with a few inches to spare, and they should cost less to purchase. Everyone has their own priorities for vehicle needs though, and if your CRVs work for you, that's great. I have an older brother who buys a new CRV every 2 or 3 years, and both he and his wife love them. They don't use them as trucks though, as they live in the country on property with quite a bit of acreage and have a truck for truck duties. My biggest problem with CRVs is that they use CVT transmissions and I've never warmed up to those, although CVTs have improved over the years.

Same I think the boxy look is better

Agreed!

I feel the same way, & in the winter leather is just too cold

Yea before I had a garage I only wanted cloth since leather was either too hot or cold. Cloth is underrated.

@@caglioso I have a garage & still want cloth, well mine is part cloth & leather, but yeah very underrated

Nice cope

I have the strong feeling the Passport will be an option/version of the Pilot one day. The Pilot is slowly evolving into the Passport with that midnight edition. Plus the front end still looks very Odyssey-like IMO

True. Dumb to buy one now.

Just imagine if Honda made a full-sized body on frame SUV called the Honda Airport.

@@ARU-vidChannelwithNoName yasss I would love this!!!! Even just make a bigger suv! I think they would rly hit it out of the park.

@@austinfrazier7325 I’ve read the passport forums and all major review sites. There’s nothing to indicate that there will be any changes for 2022. It will be unchanged

Then it'll be very close to 50k.

Ford raptors sound and look a lot better

@@michael_shea7326 Umm yeah, that's not in competition with a Raptor and is double the cost.

More power is always better

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only with the HPD package, the normal ones look good, i agree those i hate the HPD package personally

That front facia though

No it's not

Absolutely. 😂

@@theredline Do it Sofyan! 😂

Just get rid of that awful 9 speed auto.

Needs a slight lift

Winner of what?

@@bigdi77 The "More-for-your-money" and the "Way More Options' for your money winner. As in Pro's and Con's winner when deciding which Mid-Sized Pickup to buy. Ridgeline wins category - unless you're that .05% that wants to actually do more serious off-roading - then the Ridgeline is not for you.

5:10 unlike any other truck I’ve seen or been in there is actual seats and a drink holder in the tail gaye

I was too, not sure what the reasoning was there. I am not a fan of the HPD but I am loving my new Ridgeline.

You're right, honda needs to make a basic truck that has stuff like a dual tailgate but without fancy push-button start and good looks

I opted for the HPD package when I bought mine and while I do wish it offer something as far as a performance gain, after 18k miles I love it.

any rust on your 08? have you changed the timing belt? i also live in southern ontario and thinking of getting the 22.

@@jay.0621 Yes to some rust. I wish I had done annual Krown. I replaced the timing belt at about 160K miles.

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Im not seeing your point. This ridgeline literally hits it's mark perfectly. This is designed for 90% of truck owners. This isn't for people towing large boats and other things. This is designed for people that need a pilot but occasionally tow something under 5000 pounds and need a open bed instead of a trunk. This literally hits the mark perfectly.

Not to mention that the bed capability is nearly tops in the class with nearly 1500lbs of payload capacity.

type r ridge line ?

They will reserve those upgrade and update next year.!business

Are you a car designer? If you pay attention to the details, pretty much every brand has something unique to offer.

I agree there is no reason the Passport, Pilot, and Ridgeline need to look the same

Is easier to find parts 😆

That's like telling Volkswagen to stop making ugly ass cars except the Golf R and GTI lol

Reported.

Because Honda auto division doesn’t talk to the motorcycle division. Sad really

Honolulu Police Department

He talks out of his neck alot we can all tell pink is his favorite color but he likes to say masculine

Most manuals from Honda or Mazda are easy to drive and learn on. We'd recommend starting there!

Chevy cruze

Civic Si

Civic

honda or mazda would be good.

I really don't think most pickup buyers will consider aerodynamics when buying a truck 😂

@@vegetarianbacon718 which makes no sense at all. Even semi trucks are moving toward more aerodynamic shapes.

F150 lightning?

@@compilationrewind4077 yeah that too, but with Ford having problems with their charger not sure.

40k is a little much, im looking at this or a accord. It's a 12k difference not sure I can justify it.

Tacoma one of the most uncomfortable truck cabins out there

Very ugly.