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of and Product Information on the 2006 Honda Ridgeline Pickup Truck: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
Auto on Info May 2006
Review of the 2006 Honda Ridgeline Pickup: Some Photographs, Distinctions, and Features and Specifications
By James B. Bleeker
The following table provides some product information on the 2006 Honda Ridgeline.
The 2006 Honda Ridgeline Photographs The RTL Edition The RTS Edition Distinction, Features, and Specifications
Distinctions: + The 2006 Honda Ridgeline is a 2006 Consumer Reports Top Pick and a 2006 Consumer Reports All-Around-Use Pickup Truck Quick Pick. It has a CR 2006 predicted short-term reliability in the highest category and a CR 2006 predicted owner satisfaction in the highest category. It also has perfect scores on NHTSA's crashworthiness tests, 5 stars for frontal driver, frontal passenger, side front, and side rear and is the only pickup to have such.
Features and Specifications: + Engine: + + Types: 6-cylinder, single overhead cam (SOHC), 24-valve, aluminum, variable valve timing and lift electronic control (VTEC) + + Displacement: 3.5 liters + + Horsepower (SAE): 247 horsepower @ 5,750 rotations per minute + + Torque: 245 pound-feet @ 4,500 rotations per minute + Transmission: 5-speed automatic transmission + Steering: Turning Circle Diameter: 42.6 feet + Fuel capacity: 22 gallons + Drive wheels: all-wheel drive + EPA estimated fuel economy: 16 miles per gallon in city / 21 miles per gallon on highway + Interior dimensions: + + EPA Passenger volume: + + + RT and RTS: 112.0 cubic feet + + + RTL: 112.0 cubic feet without moonroof and 108.9 cubic feet with moonroof + Exterior dimensions: + + Bed length: 60.0 inches + + Inside bed width between wheel wells: 49.5 inches + + Bed depth: 20.7 inches. + + Wheelbase: 122 inches + + Overall length: 206.8 inches + + Overall width (with mirrors): 87.3 inches + Curb weight: + + RT: 4,503 pounds + + RTS: 4,494 pounds + + RTL: 4,498 pounds
Sources of distinctions: + "Top Picks 2006: The Best Models in 10 Categories," Consumer Reports, April 2006, p. 7, "CR Quick Recommendations: Quick Picks," Consumer Reports, April 2006, p. 23, "Vehicle Profiles: A User's Guide," Consumer Reports, April 2006, p. 53, "Search for 2006 PU," available at http://www.safercar.gov/Index2.cfm, and Auto on Info Source of photographs, features, and specifications: + Honda Newsroom Date of Access to Honda Newsroom: + 13 May 2006 Advisories: + All prospective consumers should check dealership information to ascertain any changes or corrections in the features and specifications listed above. The next table provides some technical diagrams of the 2006 Honda Ridgeline.
The 2006 Honda Ridgeline Technical Diagrams Body Structure
Source of diagrams: + Honda newsroom Date of Access to Honda Newsroom: + 13 May 2006 Advisories: + All prospective consumers should check dealership information to ascertain any changes or corrections in the features depicted above.
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