This Is the New Honda Ridgeline, Kinda

by Mark Stevenson

Published: November 3rd, 2015

Have you recently wondered, “What would the face of the redesigned Civic look like plastered on a desert-ready racing truck?” Honda has your number. This is the new Ridgeline.

Except it’s not.

The Japanese automaker announced its return to the Baja 1000 at SEMA on Tuesday and revealed the machine that will carry HPD’s HR35TT race engine — a 550 horsepower, a 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 — across the finish line.

Underneath its lightweight body, the Ridgeline Baja Race Truck is exactly that — a tube-frame racing truck with nearly nothing in common with the vehicle with which it shares its name. However, that twin-turbo V-6 does have the same block, cylinder heads and crankshaft as the engine found in the future Honda pickup.

The next-generation Ridgeline will debut in the first half of 2016, Honda said in the release.

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Stuki on Nov 03, 2015

Poor Civic. If it ain't slammed, it's jacked up.... Boring old me thinks the new Civic looks plenty good enough at standard ride height.

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ArialATOMV8 on Nov 04, 2015

Hopefully this means a sign that we'll get a "real" Ridgeline

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