Sneak Peek: 2017 Honda Ridgeline

Vigo wrote:

The 0-60 dropped 1.8 sec to approx. 6.5 seconds.

And i'll reiterate for those who have complained about the 1st gen being underpowered and all of them lacking manuals: This is just as fast as a 20 year old Mustang GT with a 4.6 V8 and manual. You may prefer manual for durability or control reasons but unless you seriously want your Ridgeline to 0-60 in the 5s, you can't complain about it from a performance standpoint.

That much off the 0-60 should be enough to fix the power issue, especially when you're not putting more than 5k lbs behind it.

So... what exactly was the secret that could not be told last week?

Huckleberry wrote: So... what exactly was the secret that could not be told last week?

I think it was just Honda placing an embargo on publicity to keep general details and driving perceptions under wraps until a certain time (12:01AM today). Tons of new Honda Ridgeline articles hit the web today after being prepared days or weeks ago.

Personally, I really like this new rig. Now the big decision ... Dump over 2k into the GTI to prevent a timing chain disaster and decarbon the valves, or get one of these??