The current Ridgeline unibody pickup will end its lifecycle sometime in 2012 but sources say that Honda isn’t likely to replace it. When the truck went on sale in 2005, Honda had expected to sell 50,000 units of this 2006 model each year.
But in 2009, only 16,464 units were sold. The midsize, unibody Ridgeline was the first pickup to have all-wheel drive and the appearance of a slab-sided lunar-lander. Instead of conventional leaf springs, the pickup had an independent rear suspension, which resulted to a very comfortable ride as well as provided sufficient room for an in-bed lockable trunk — the first in a pickup.
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