Along with the Pilot, Honda is face-lifting its un-pickup truck, the Ridgeline, for the 2012 model year. While all models receive a tweaked front fascia—we’re expecting something with three chrome slats, similar to what’s being installed on the Pilot this year—the real news here is the introduction of the Ridgeline Sport, which is shown in the picture above.
Honda has, apparently, sensed that customers who are looking at $30,000 car-based pickups are interested in a bit of sporty flavor, and the Ridgeline Sport is meant to meet that demand. The Ridgeline Sport gets 18-inch aluminum wheels with black paint, a special black honeycomb grille, blacked-out head- and taillights, and black door handles and mirrors. We wouldn’t quite call it sinister based on this picture, but it seems like the Ridgeline Sport might make a better entrance in, say, Los Angeles than would a Dodge Dakota.
As per its usual routine, Honda is tight-lipped about other changes to the Ridgeline lineup, but does promise an improvement from the current car’s EPA fuel-economy rating of 15 mpg city and 20 highway. This may come by way of replacing the Ridgeline’s current five-speed automatic gearbox with a six-speed unit—but the automaker hasn’t said for sure.
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