Ridgeline Concept

[tomcat]

Two years ago when I saw the Ridgeline on TV at the Concept showing I said thats for me. Even thou it looked alittle higher and bigger tires the Ridgeline was by far the coolest thing Ive seen to be coming out in the near future.Well after two months I love this thing.After showing it to my best friend he went out and did one up on me and bought a Silver RTL.

[Ridgeline2006]

I saw the Ridgeline at the Honda Classic Golf Tournament -- love at first sight. Ordered it the next weekend and got it on the 25th of March. Now with just under 18k miles, I'm still 'in love' :oops:

[Cool Cat]

I fell in love with the SUT Concept too. I even took my family with me on a pilgrimage down to Chicago to see it at their auto show, it didn't come to the Milwaukee show. I took tons of pics! I started calling around to dealerships trying to find one who would put me first on their list, most had no idea what I was talking about! We went down to the Chicago auto show again this year to check out the production models because we were told that the ONE that was going to be in Milwaukee wouldn't be open for the public. Well, it turned out that the ONE they thought they were going to have wasn't even there (because I'd put a deposit on it) and so they ended up getting two different ones, BOTH on display! Sheesh. Anyway, I fell in love with the concept and although I love the Ridgeline I was really hoping for a bit more of its styling to carry over. I've thought about custom headlights and body kits that could make the production truck look more like the concept. I think that would be awesome.

[Ridgeline2006]

Can you post a concept pic, or give me a link...I'd like to see what you're talking about.

[Cool Cat]

Here are the pictures I took of it in Chicago:

http://homepage.mac.com/coolcat/Misc/PhotoAlbum16.html

I'll poke around for an "official" picture of it, since most of mine are pretty close-up. I couldn't get too far away without having my view blocked!

[Cool Cat]

Here you go.

[Ridgeline2006]

Thanks! Those are great pics! 8)

[colorider]

Quite a few changes from the original "concept".

[Cool Cat]

Ridgeline2006 wrote (View Post): › docWrite("quote")
Thanks! Those are great pics! 8)


No problem. Like I said, I've been pretty fanatical about this truck ever since the concept was announced. I was even poring over the artist's renderings that were available before the concept was unveiled.

[Cool Cat]

colorider wrote (View Post): › docWrite("quote")
Quite a few changes from the original "concept".


Yes, there were. Most notable are the headlights and rearview mirrors (and, of course, the interior including the 4 skylights). They also did away with the integrated exhaust exits coming out of the rear bumper, they contoured the front end more, there are fewer bed lights and no bed speakers, the door handles are different and the gas door was moved down. There were a bunch of changes, but the overall shape of the truck remained the same, including the hood, roofline and sides.

[Ridgeline2006]

If you analyze some of the things that were 'dropped' it seems that they were the jazzy looking things that just aren't practical....maybe, I don't know! 8)

[Wingmaster]

I was able to talk out of my local dealership, a wall poster of the concept RL. Another thing I seen was the gas cap was moved.