More Bad News for Detroit

act2617 · 03-03-2006, 10:08 AM

http://channels.netscape.com/autos/p...utos/eprcr1006

apolloxbgt · 03-03-2006, 10:57 AM

That isn't good for detroit,the monaro cops a bit of a bagging too.

OzJavelin · 03-03-2006, 01:25 PM

"The radical in design Honda Ridgeline is a case in point. It's neither a car nor a truck -- but a brilliant fusion of both. Honda realized many suburban buyers want the occasional utility of a pick-up bed, but not the clunky truck handling (and awful gas mileage) of a conventional pick-up. So they built the Ridgeline off a car "platform," or underlying chassis -- and gave it just enough "truck" capability (the bed, the standard all-wheel-drive system) mixed together with the ride and handling of a passenger sedan. "

Ute anyone?

new2ford · 03-03-2006, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by OzJavelin

Ute anyone?

Watch for the next installment where Honda claims they invented the ute. Years ago when the VW Golf came out (about a decade after the Mini I think) I remember watching a young TV journalist swallowing every word of a VW spokesman telling him how the Golf was a radical new concept with front wheel drive and an east-west engine...