Automakers are ready till late within the 12 months to get their 2024 fashions priced and shipped. The Honda Ridgeline isn’t any completely different, lastly getting a preview firstly of November that did not embody pricing. Now that the veteran unibody pickup is headed to sellers, it is time to speak {dollars}. The MSRPs for 2024 after the $1,375 vacation spot payment, and their variations from 2023, are:
Sport: $41,125 ($950)
RTL: $43,955 ($800)
TrailSport: $46,355 (New)
Black Version: $47,725 ($120)
What do the cash and the value will increase get patrons? For all trims, “RIDGELINE” has been stamped into the tailgate identical to we’re used to seeing on so-called “actual vans.” And that is about it for what’s universally new on the outside.
Each Ridgeline additionally will get a brand new instrument cluster, the identical one put in within the newest Honda Pilot, that has an analog speedometer on the appropriate and a 7-inch show on the left for the tachometer and different data. To the appropriate, a brand new, the earlier eight-inch display screen grows to 9 inches, is recessed by 0.8 inches to create slightly grippy ledge to relaxation your hand towards whereas urgent touchscreen buttons, and rewards button presses with a extra responsive infotainment system. We’re informed the software program’s the identical as what’s discovered within the new Pilot.
Beneath the instrument panel beltline, the Ridgeline’s former minivan-like middle console and seat-mounted armrests are gone. Occupants accessed the large floor-mounted bin by a sliding garage-door-style cowl, and prospects did not prefer it. The substitute is a smaller bin and a typical cantilevered cowl. The tradeoff is extra storage forward of the bin, on the tunnel console. Its two cupholders at the moment are able to holding two 32-ounce Nalgene bottles, the telephone tray can maintain two telephones side-by-side with one atop a wi-fi charger.
The massive edit to the lineup is the TrailSport trim sliding into the spot the place the RTL-E trim was. TrailSport and RTL-E aren’t comparable, the previous targeted on off-road prowess, the latter an RTL with a couple of extra frills, however the TrailSport is barely $250 greater than the previous RTL-E. The backwoods Ridgeline adapts lots of the similar parts of the all-new Pilot TrailSport and the not too long ago revealed up to date Passport TrailSport. The suspension will get distinctive spring charges, damper valve tuning and stabilizer bars. The tires are Normal Grabber A/T Sports activities — the identical all-terrains discovered on the Passport TrailSport, however completely different than the Continental TerrainContacts of the Pilot. We had been informed that the efficiency of every needs to be comparable, however that engineers discovered the Generals had been higher suited to the last-generation platforms of the Passport and Ridgeline.
Visually, the TrailSport differentiates itself with a singular Pewter Grey grille insert, a coloration additionally discovered on the decrease fascia garnish and TrailSport-exclusive 18-inch wheels. The Subtle Sky Blue paint seen here’s a TrailSport particular, first seen on the Pilot and now Ridgeline and Passport, making a pleasant distinction with the Pewter Grey metal underbody safety. Floor clearance stays unchanged from the already lifted Ridgeline, whereas the torque-vectoring i-VTM4 all-wheel-drive system is so good that it’s not shocking that Honda left it alone for TrailSport responsibility.
Ridgelines are making their option to sellers now.