2006 Honda Ridgeline - Invoice Price CAD

Can anyone tell me what the Canadian invoice price would be for a Honda Ridgeline RTL truck? RTS? RT?

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Josef
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Reply to
Larry J.

id also try to get as close as possible, if not lower than invoice. i dont think the ridgeline is breaking any sales records. a lot of people see it for what it is- not a "truck", just a honda pilot made to look like one.

Reply to
SoCalMike

Oh boy, are YOU and "they" wrong. For a first timer, except for a bad choice of tires, it showed pretty well in the most recent Baja 1000. It is a real truck in spite of your uninformed opinion. Check out

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Kent Finnell

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karinhall

It's definitely a real truck (sarcasm). Place a load of dirt or rocks in the bed and try to figure out how you can get to the spare tire if you get a flat. Read every single review and you'll quickly realize it's not a truck. It's the ugliest copy of a Chevy Avalanche that I've ever seen. People are buying it because they will never use it as a truck and because it has an H on the front end. It's just an ugly-mobile with no real purpose.

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me

The spare tire argument is really lame.... If that's the only reason why you don't like the car, it's a poor one. Chevy Avalanche is a totally different truck.

Reply to
Nightdude

Spare tires should be accessible with little effort and should consider the purpose of the vehicle. Whether rocks or an ATV, the spare should be accessible without having to unload the truck. Imagine a flat during heavy rain or on a snow covered road at -15°C ...

With the Ridgeline and the misguided V-6 Honda Accord Hybrid, Honda have lost it.

Reply to
Alan Browne

Gee, you reckon some enterprising accessory maker (or 3) will come out with a rack that will fit the tail gate to correct this relatively minor problem?

How, exactly, is the V6 Honda Accord Hybrid misguided?

Reply to
Kent Finnell

i wouldnt call it "misguided". it does what its supposed to do. but... it answers a question no one really asked

and AFAIK, its not eligible for california carpool lane status, or government tax credits.

almost EVERY prius i see has the stickers on the rear quarter announcing its "occupant-only carpool lane status"

Reply to
SoCalMike

Yeah well, a car thats owned by so many posers who are also actors, like, oooh the GOVERNER. Gee, 45-50mpg aint much, pretty much any car of that size with a diesel engine would do the same, and many smaller ones would do a lot better.

Prius - marketing and feel good only. Efficiency, no. Oh, and the Guvenator having one was NOT a factor at all, I'm SURE in giving the priass that status.

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flobert

and priuses get WORSE mileage on the freeway than in the city.

last i checked, he drove a hummer. H1. the $100,000 one.

Reply to
SoCalMike

strange as it might seem, people have more than one car.

Right now i have 5, with a 6th comming soon. Admittedly most are late

80s workhorses, but then i'm not as rich as him.
Reply to
flobert

I think we've been here before....

*All* cars should get worse mileage on the freeway than in the city - more drag. Hybrids gain most of their advantage by better adapting to in-town driving conditions. The current generation is scarcely any better on the freeway than conventional cars are, but much better in town.

I've been frequenting a VW TDi group to learn more about how to get the most out of my new turbodiesel work truck. Some of the VW TDi owners brag about getting 35 mpg in town under favorable conditions, which agrees with the EPA estimates. But our 2002 Prius gets an honest 45-50 mpg in town (our main driving location) in warm weather, and consistently over 40 mpg fully loaded on long 75 mph trips. At 65 mph with lighter loads it will turn in 50-60 mpg. Efficiency, absolutely. It is also the most fun of any car I've driven since I had to sell my beloved Lotus 30 years ago.

Mike

Reply to
Michael Pardee

A properly designed vehicle doesn't require after market solutions to design blunders.

Forgive me for believing that the objective of hybrids is to save energy. The Hybrid makes no (or very little) gain in actual gas economy.

Cheers, Alan

Reply to
Alan Browne

The only logical reason to buy a hybrid is reduced emissions. It is for the environmentalists.

Reply to
High Tech Misfit

They opted for the under-bed lockable trunk rather than an easily stolen or damaged spare hanging, exposed, in front of the rear bumper. As much as one tries, one cannot have it all.

As compared to what, a Prius or a Civic Hybrid? It does show an improvement over the standard Accord V6, 29/37 city/highway vs. 24/34. If you want maximum fuel efficiency, stick yourself in an Insight. Forget comfort, passenger and luggage capacity. Will you scoff the new Lexus Hybrid Luxury Sedan? It probably won't do any better.

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Kent Finnell

Opps, excuse me, the EPA estimates for the standard Accord V6 should be

21/30. What I originally had were for the Accord L4. Of course YMMV, but an 8 to 7 mpg increase while not losing performance or comfort seems like a pretty good deal. But then there's the price premium.
Reply to
Kent Finnell

That's okay - it is a common error. The objective of hybrids is to correct a huge design compromise we have been forced into for a century: the use of the same power source for low speeds, acceleration and high speeds. Whenever auto makers increase engine power in cars (as they did in the '70s and are currently doing) the flub becomes even more glaring - we have 300 hp engines pulling 3000 lb cars around. Not a great concept.

Hybridization effectively separates engine power from acceleration performance and frees the engine from stupid things like low speed operation and idling. Sizing the engine becomes a simple exercise: it has to have enough power to climb a 6% grade at 75 mph (under current US standards) at full vehicle load. There is no passing reserve in the engine because that is handled by the electrics. There is no engine consideration of acceleration power because that is not the engine's job... the engine is there to keep the batteries charged. Since engine operation is very predictable - it never has to respond to somebody tapping their right foot in time to the music on the stereo - the engine can be refined for a more limited purpose, with better efficiency and reliability. With reduced engine mass warm-up can be much quicker, which is good for the engine, good for emissions and good for the passengers on cold days. Even sources that have drivability problems can be used; it no longer matters if it takes a gas turbine ten seconds to spool up, because it doesn't affect the throttle response.

Anyway, that is the goal. Fuel economy is a result of correcting the original design compromise - and is a driving force at present - but it is not the underlying purpose. The current generation (no pun) falls short in several ways, and I agree the Accord Hybrid is an example of not even trying. Honda knows how to do so much better, at least in their concept cars.

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Reply to
Michael Pardee

sounds to me like they wanted to see what would happen if the technology is used merely for extra power. its nothing theyre going to lose the farm over if it never catches on, like the 4 wheel steering prelude.

merely a technological exercise. for people that want economy, theres the natural gas civic GX, and the civic hybrid.

mebbe a stripped down 4-door accord with a 4 cylinder engine is in the works?

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SoCalMike

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