Honda today released a single teaser image of its next-generation Ridgeline pickup truck, but fans of the most utilitarian Honda will have to wait a while before they can buy one.
The Japanese automaker says that the next Ridgeline won’t be on the road for nearly two years. Until then, Ridgeline devotees will need to snap up the last examples of the current model before production ends in the middle of 2014.
Despite its age, Ridgeline has seen a 29 percent uptick in sales – to more than 16,000 delivered during the first 11 months of 2013. Still, that figure is less than half of what any of the Detroit automakers typically sells in a single month.
Not a lot is known about the next-generation Ridgeline, but it’s safe to bet that it will continue to use V6 power and a unibody architecture derived from the automaker’s Pilot crossover. A new Pilot is due out about the same time as the Ridgeline, and both will almost certainly be powered by an updated version of the automaker’s ubiquitous 3.5-liter V6. Both front and all-wheel-drive Ridgelines are likely to return.
We wouldn’t be surprised to see Honda take the wraps off of a show car version of the next Ridgeline at an upcoming auto show before debuting it in the flesh at the 2015 New York International Auto Show. But a lot can change between now and then, so stay tuned.
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