{"id":2447,"date":"2016-04-12T20:11:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T20:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2016-04-12T20:11:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T20:11:57","slug":"best-tailgating-truck-market-2017-honda-ridgeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/?p=2447","title":{"rendered":"The Best Tailgating Truck is Coming: The 2017 Honda Ridgeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tailgating is American. Hondas are not. Despite that, Honda has built the best tailgating truck we\u2019ve ever seen – The 2017 Honda Ridgeline – and it\u2019s heading to dealerships this spring. <\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a bold claim<\/span><\/h3>\n

So, let\u2019s break it down. When tailgating, your vehicle is your base, so everything extends from that point. It needs to have enough room for your cargo (passengers included), enough power to haul it all, and a few party-tricks up its sleeve. Let\u2019s start with the cargo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Plenty of room<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Honda Ridgeline offers a large truck bed with a 1600-pound maximum payload and a lockable In-Bed Trunk\u00ae . The Honda Ridgeline also features Honda\u2019s patented Magic Seats (pictured\u00a0below), which adds even more cargo space to the back seats of the Ridgeline. And if you need to pull anything, the Ridgeline\u2019s 5000-lb towing capacity should be more than enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

Which brings us to power<\/span><\/h3>\n

Unfortunately, we\u2019re still not sure which engine options you\u2019ll have with the Ridgeline, but we\u2019re sure it\u2019ll be an engine that makes sense for a truck. It\u2019s built on the same platform as the Honda Pilot, so we\u2019re guessing it will receive the same 280 horsepower V-6 engine, or something similar. No official information has been released, though. <\/span><\/p>\n

And finally, here\u2019s why it rocks at tailgating<\/span><\/h3>\n

Remember that In-Bed Trunk\u00ae we mentioned earlier? It doubles as a cooler for food, refreshments, and hot-headed sports fans (kidding)! It\u2019s easily emptied using the trunk\u2019s drain plug, and it\u2019s big enough that you won\u2019t need multiple coolers on your next tailgate (they thought of everything).<\/span><\/p>\n

And Honda didn\u2019t stop there. The new Ridgeline also features what Honda calls, a Truck Bed Audio System\u00ae. If you\u2019re envisioning a tacky speaker installation in the bed of your truck, think again. This innovative audio system transforms the actual bed of your truck bed into a 540-watt audio system. Here\u2019s how:<\/span><\/p>\n

The sound is created by the attachment of what is called an \u201cexciter\u201d to multiple spots on the bed of the truck. These \u201cexciters\u201d vibrate items at high speed to produce different frequencies, and can turn virtually any solid object into a speaker. That means you can leave the boom box at home. Your truck bed is now an outdoor speaker, perfect for listening to the game on the radio or playing your favorite tunes while you work in the yard.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pretty sweet, eh?<\/span><\/p>\n

Coming to a dealership near you, this spring<\/span><\/h3>\n

If you were thinking of buying a new truck soon, we think you should hold out a bit longer for the 2017 Honda Ridgeline. It\u2019ll be well-worth the short wait. <\/span><\/p>\n

Interested in learning more? Keep an eye on the blogs and on our social media for the latest updates! Excited about the new Ridgeline? Let us know!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tailgating is American. Hondas are not. Despite that, Honda has built the best tailgating truck we\u2019ve ever seen – The 2017 Honda Ridgeline – and it\u2019s heading to dealerships this spring. That\u2019s a bold claim So, let\u2019s break it down. When tailgating, your vehicle is your base, so everything extends from that point. It needs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[218],"class_list":["post-2447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-news","tag-honda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}