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It's not a truck it's a unibody front wheel wantabe pickup it's not even in the same class as the big3 pickups.
Nor was it ever intended to be in the same class as the big 3 pickups. Why is that so hard for people to understand? The Ridgeline was designed as a multi purpose vehicle that offered many of the same advantages as a car or SUV due to the unibody construction, and a few of the utility attributes of a pickup.
You know that besides Jeep, the American automakers are way crappier off-roaders than German and Japanese and even RR?
AND they can't even figure out a way to create something that gives you awesome off-road and towing capability while still giving you excellent performance, handling, luxury, and power.
Who is "they"? The big three? If so, I'd have to strongly disagree with that, and I do agree with most of your posts, Stan4. Any of the big three, equipped with a diesel, will haul and tow tremendous loads with ~900 lbs of torque. Get the fancied-up models and you'll be cruising in comfort and style. For 14 of the last 16 years our main driver/highway cruiser was an F250 PSD. My wife loved riding in it, because it was roomy, put us up above most traffic for great visibility, and it was very comfortable.
For off-roading the F250 was great, as was the F250 before it. I haven't driven any German vehicles off-road, but the Ford would do anything my old Toyota pickup would do, and it would carry more people and gear while doing it.
My son traded his year-old Cadillac Escalade for an F150 a couple years ago (and has since traded that one for a 2017 F150). He and his wife both like the ride better than what they had with the Escalade and even better than their mid-sized BMW.
He just bought his daughter an F150 for college. I suggested an F250, as she'll be towing her horse with her (studying "horsemanship"), but he loves the F150s and thinks it'll be plenty.
Who is "they"? The big three? If so, I'd have to strongly disagree with that, and I do agree with most of your posts, Stan4. Any of the big three, equipped with a diesel, will haul and tow tremendous loads with ~900 lbs of torque. Get the fancied-up models and you'll be cruising in comfort and style. For 14 of the last 16 years our main driver/highway cruiser was an F250 PSD. My wife loved riding in it, because it was roomy, put us up above most traffic for great visibility, and it was very comfortable.
For off-roading the F250 was great, as was the F250 before it. I haven't driven any German vehicles off-road, but the Ford would do anything my old Toyota pickup would do, and it would carry more people and gear while doing it.
My son traded his year-old Cadillac Escalade for an F150 a couple years ago (and has since traded that one for a 2017 F150). He and his wife both like the ride better than what they had with the Escalade and even better than their mid-sized BMW.
He just bought his daughter an F150 for college. I suggested an F250, as she'll be towing her horse with her (studying "horsemanship"), but he loves the F150s and thinks it'll be plenty.
I'm sorry if I wasn't clear.
I did not mean to imply that they couldn't tow things.
I was saying that besides being great off-road, the other SUVs/trucks could also still be luxurious and work-horses.
They know they can't compete with the American automakers when it comes to pickups. How many people would take a Mercedes out in the woods 4 wheeling.
The X-class is a working truck priced to compete with other working trucks. A big part of the reason is production locations in Spain and Argentina; the chicken tax will make it prohibitively expensive to sell in the U.S.*
The X-class is a working truck priced to compete with other working trucks. A big part of the reason is production locations in Spain and Argentina; the chicken tax will make it prohibitively expensive to sell in the U.S.*
Looks like it would need a tow bar in the front so a Ford F-250 can pull it out of the mountain trails. Looks to close to the ground, sorry dose not look like a work truck to me now this is a 4x4 pickup.
Anything getting 30mpg won't be able to haul anything.
Yes it can haul styrofoam.
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