Author Topic: Honda to reveal new Ridgeline, Acura Precision concept at Detroit auto show  (Read 4942 times)

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Good luck at selling the NSX for that price in Canada, Acura.

Agreed.  At that price, GT-R and a really nice daily driver.

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There was much discussion and speculation about the Ridgeline's structure. Here, we can clearly see a gap between cab and bed, so could it be body on frame ?!?

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Agree - you can take the NSX out of the story as it'll be DOA at that price.  Morons.

The Ridgeline will be much-improved, it would seem.

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There was much discussion and speculation about the Ridgeline's structure. Here, we can clearly see a gap between cab and bed, so could it be body on frame ?!?

It certainly seems that way. The previous Ridgeline used a sort of frame. They essentially connected the front and rear subframes of the Pilot together to get a bit more strength, but the unibody still contributed most of the structural rigidity.
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Looking forward to see the new Ridgeline.


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There was much discussion and speculation about the Ridgeline's structure. Here, we can clearly see a gap between cab and bed, so could it be body on frame ?!?

It certainly seems that way. The previous Ridgeline used a sort of frame. They essentially connected the front and rear subframes of the Pilot together to get a bit more strength, but the unibody still contributed most of the structural rigidity.

Yet I would be surprised if only because Honda (amongst other Japanese automakers) were the first to pioneer unibody and the benefits to on road use.  Off road is a different story entirely.

Wut? Ford and Chrysler were using unibodies in the 1950s. Ford even had a unibody pickup in 1963, though it did have a separate ladder frame, not completely unlike the current Ridgeline.

This is not only huge and a convertible, but also unibody construction:



http://bringatrailer.com/2008/04/09/largest-unibody-ever-built-1960-lincoln-mark-v/

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I just remember a lot of useless crap. ;D

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The Promaster cab/chassis is a pretty good example of a hybrid structure: