 What is up you guys, welcome back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I'm Goldpony as your new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today, we are in the brand new 2022 Honda Ridgeline courtesy of younger Nissan in Frederick, Maryland for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. So yeah, somebody traded a 22 Ridgeline in for a new Nissan. So that is how we have this one today. But today, wanted to check this one out because of course you got Honda's reputation for incredible reliability. We also have a new color option for 2022 as well and all wheel drive come standard actually, believe it or not. So in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering wheel, ride quality, sound system exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said that way, you guys say, let's just go ahead and get started with pricing. And so as you can imagine, there are a few different trim levels for the 2022 Ridgeline. First one being the Sport, which is the one we have today starting at $38,140 RTL for $41,120 RTL. Lastly, the Black Edition for $45,570. But regardless of trim level that you go with, the power plant on the new Ridgeline is going to be the same. Powering the beast, it's a 3.5 liter direct injected V6, putting out 280 horsepower at 6,000 RPM, 262 pound feet of torque coming in at 4,700 RPM. Power sent to all four wheels through a nine speed automatic with paddle shifters, which you guys know, we will be testing out here in a little bit. Zero to 60 time coming up. Now here in a little bit, zero to 60 time coming in at a very impressive 6.2 seconds. And we're going to be giving that a shot as well. Redline 6,900 RPM, MPG numbers coming in 18 in the city, 24 on the highway, taking regular unleaded fuel. So before we do any kind of fun paddle shifter or acceleration tests here in our Ridgeline, I wanted to mention to you guys the drive modes. The drive mode button is located directly behind that D or S button. That's going to be your drive button, of course, but drive modes will include normal snow, mud, and sand adjusting things like the throttle response, the shift points, the traction control settings, and the all wheel drive system engagement as well. And so a little fun fact regarding those drive modes, when Honda was engineering them, they actually tested this out in the sands of Dubai, in the Moscow mud and Minnesota snow as well. And so I don't know what's different about the Minnesota snow, as opposed to the Maryland or Pennsylvania snow that I'm used to, but still Minnesota snow. So that's pretty cool. Anyways, having now gotten all that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find it straight away. Let's put the Ridgeline here to the test. I'm going to push the S button one more time. That's going to give me a kind of a sport driving mode. It did immediately downshift, holding the RPMs at a much higher level, giving me more power on demand. And let's test out the acceleration and paddle shifters here all at once. And let's see how quickly we can get our new Ridgeline here up to speed. All right, from a standstill in manual shift mode in three, two, one. Quick. Oh, there's a delay. Okay, there's a delay to the paddle shifters, but dang, this thing is quick for a truck. I will definitely tell you that you're not going to have any issues in merging onto the highway. But having said that, wouldn't have minded if paddle shifters just reacted a little bit better, but I'm still glad that they're there. The reason being is because when it does snow in Minnesota or Maryland, what you can do when you're going down a hill is rather than actually hitting the brakes and risk sliding off the road, you can actually use the paddle shifters to downshift to a little bit of engine braking to your less likely to slide off the road when you brake that way. So that is what I would use them for, not so much for the actual shifting through the gears. And again, this thing is plenty quick, but anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always, braking is equally important. So upfront, you will find 12.6 inch ventilated front discs in the back, 13 inch solid rear discs. As far as that 60 is your stopping distance goes, it's going to come in at 128 feet, which isn't that bad. It's pretty much as expected. As far as braking feel goes, it's actually excellent. I don't mind, it's on the firmer side of things, which kind of surprised me because typically with trucks, you don't get that. Take for example, the Toyota Tacoma. Recently, I just reviewed that one. That braking 60 to zero distance came in 143 feet, which is the worst I've ever tested. And that's an extremely soft braking feel. So the fact this is a firm braking feel and the 60 to zero is 128 feet. That's dang impressive, honestly. This braking feel is perfectly fine in the ridgeline without a doubt. Then touching on suspension and handling upfront, you're going to get a McPherson strut front suspension in the back, multi-link rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars. As far as ride quality goes, it's been perfectly fine, honestly. I have no issues whatsoever. My short little test drive here today. So that is certainly on point. As far as steering feel goes, Honda always crushes it with this steering feel. It's definitely on the heavier side of things, not quite as heavy as if you're driving a Mazda or Dodge Challenger or Ford Mustang or something like that, but definitely it's perfect for the ridgeline of what it is. Then touching on cabin noise, I'm going 24 miles per hour, but cabin noise is definitely subdued as well. And actually, although we don't have it today, if you were to go with the RTL trim level and up, you're actually going to get an acoustic laminated front windshield, which is definitely going to assist with an even more serene cabin at that. But again, we have this sport, so we don't even have that. And cabin noise is still 100% on point. So no issues there either. And touching on visibility, I could see 100% perfectly fine out the back. This is a truck. Of course, you're not going to have any issues there, but that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review. Guys, let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2022 Honda Ridgeline. All right, so here she is, you guys, the new 2022 Honda Ridgeline, as you can clearly see in the upper corner of the windshield. It is a 2022, but anyways, let me first touch on the new paint color for the 2022 model year. And that is going to be Sonic Gray Pearl. If that sounds familiar. Yes, Honda has used that paint color on other models that it currently has. So that is what that is going to look like. But anyways, let's go ahead and start up the front. Of course, you will find a gloss black front grille that comes standard with the gloss black kind of accent tying together the two headlights as well. You do have that sport trim badging found in the front grill to go along with it. To the sides though, check this out. LED headlights coming standard for all trim levels across the board. And they're not just regular LED headlights, they're LED projector headlights. The added illumination there as opposed to just your regular LED headlights. So love that LED daytime running lights also coming standard automatic feature, meaning when it starts to get dark at night, these headlights will turn on automatically for you there. Automatic high beams, if you wanted them, that is going to come on the RTLE and black edition trim levels. So we don't have those today, but LED fog lights also coming standard for all trim levels across the board. You guys can see that down below there. And kiss anybody who was curious about the ground clearance on the new Ridgeline that is going to come in at 7.6 inches. So kind of similar to an SUV more or less, but that pretty much rounds out the front end of this one. So now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so but now since we are around to the side of the Ridgeline, gloss black windows surrounds will come standard. Do you have some matte black side skirts as well? Of course, taking a look at the side mirrors, they are body colored power adjustable side mirrors unless you go with the sport and then you got gloss black side mirrors. You guys of course are currently looking at right now. If you were to go with the RTL trim level and up, that is going to add to those side mirrors, heated side mirrors with integrated turd signals and memory settings actually as well. So those are the trims you're gonna have to go with for that. Take a look at the door handles. They are body colored for all trim levels but the RTLE because the RTLE is going to give you chrome door handles. Then they take a look down at the wheel configuration, 18 inch alloy is coming standard for all trim levels across the board, of course, varying in design. And actually like the look of the wheels a lot on this Ridgeline that we have here today, but sorry about the plane there, but that pretty much rounds out the side profile here. So now go ahead and make our way to the back of the Ridgeline. All right, so now since we are around to the back of this one, you guys can see there is some gloss black accents kind of found on the top portion and the sides there of the back end. You will find an integrated brake light just above the window there. There is a body colored shark fin antenna all the way to the top there, if you guys can see that. LED tail lights coming standard for every single trim level across the board. Gotta love that as well. You got some sport trim level badging found on the rear tailgate there along with all wheel drive badging because again, all trim levels come standard with all wheel drive. As far as the towing capacity goes, you guys can see that tow hitch back there. It's gonna come in at 5,000 pounds even in case anybody was curious. And just below it all, there are dual exhaust outlets. The exhaust looks so dang good on the Ridgeline. Dual exhaust outlets with chrome tips. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. As always here is that exhaust clip. And so now since we are around back of the Ridgeline, there's actually a couple different cool ways to go ahead and open that rear tailgate. Of course, you have that normal truck way where it simply just folds down but it is actually a dual action tailgate is what Honda calls it. It actually swings open from the passenger side to the left as well. So that is pretty cool if you have maybe a object that you wanted to push back a little bit further into the bed, you can swing it open to the side and that allows you to do that. So I like that they put that feature on this thing. But as far as the truck bed length goes, it's going to come in at 64 inches. And then if you were to fold down that rear tailgate, that is going to come in at 83 inches. And in case anybody was curious, yes, Honda says a four by eight sheet of plywood will fit in that rear bed area. So, okay, so anybody's curious about that. Embed storage, that is another really awesome feature about the Ridgeline. You can actually open up the bed and within that you're going to find your spare tire, of course, but you can also find 7.3 cubic feet of embed storage. And this can serve as a place to just simply store things or it can serve as a cooler because there is a drain plug at the very bottom of that in-floor storage. So if you threw a bunch of ice and drinks back there for maybe some tailgating, you got a portable cooler in the back of your Ridgeline. And then when everything melts, if it's super hot out, just pull the drain plug and it automatically just pours out onto the ground below you. So that is pretty darn cool. I love that. They would also mention that there is a truck bed sound system for the RTLE and Black Edition. I remember testing that in the past. It's actually pretty darn loud. So another little tailgating feature there if you wanted to go that route, that's pretty cool. And of course you have some tie-down cleats back there. You got bed lighting for all trim levels, but I will say if you go with the RTLE or Black Edition you're gonna get LED bed lighting. So if you wanted LEDs, those are the two trims to go ahead and go with. But anyways, let's now go ahead and make our way up to the rear legroom. That's gonna come in at 36.7 inches. So for reference, I'm an even six feet tall. This is how much space I had back there. So plenty of room for me. And those rear seats are 60-40 split lift-up rear seats. So you can actually lift them up if you wanted to add some extra space. If you had a Masada for a great Dane that wanted to stretch out its legs back there, that is one option you can go ahead and take advantage of. There is rear ventilation that comes standard along with a bunch of storage areas just below that. And of course you do have rear center armrest with cup holders and actually a little bit of storage within that center armrest there as well. But that pretty much rounds out the back seats. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the front seats. And so, manually adjustable claw seats are going to come standard in our sport trim level that we have here today. But if you go with the RTLE trim level and up you're gonna get a 10-way power driver's seat with four-way power lumbar, four-way power passenger seat, leather seating and heated front seats. And again, that's for RTLE trim level and up. All of those trims are gonna get that. But overall, as far as seat comfort goes, it's fine. It's nothing really crazy, but it'll definitely get the job done. I honestly haven't had any issues with seat comfort. And this steering wheel did telescope out pretty far. So that definitely helped with finding my perfect driving position. And so, speaking of, let's go ahead and touch on the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. And like I said, it does telescope out plenty far. It is leather-wrapped for the RTLE trim level and up. Otherwise, you're gonna get it wrapped in urethane like you're currently looking at. And it will be heated for the RTLE and black-edition trims if you wanted that. But now, let's go ahead and make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key here. You got your Honda logo on the one side. Then, when you flip it over, lock, unlock, and that circle with the hold button, that's gonna be your remote start, which actually comes standard on every single trim level, surprisingly. So, gotta love that. But ultimately, an easy push button start with keyless entry for every single trim level across the board. So, all I'm going to do here is simply put my foot in the brake and press that bright red engine start button located just to the left of the climate control settings there. And so, once started up, tachometer is all the way to your left. There is a digital display front and center. Got your engine temp and fuel information all the way to your right. And then, your digital speedometer is going to be located all the way to the top. And of course, there are plenty of different settings you can control within that digital display. For example, those offer driving modes I was rambling off to you guys earlier. You can see that within the digital display. There's how many miles you'll have left until you hit empty. There's your outside temperature, trip A, trip B, when you need your next oil change, the list goes on. So, pretty much everything you could possibly want within the digital portion of the gauges there. Then, make your way to overall interior quality. A power moonroof is going to come on the RTL trim level and up. Overhead sunglass holder though, coming standard with every single trim level across the board. I love that. Tri-zone climate control coming standard with every single trim level across the board as well. Definitely a big fan of that. Actually, homelink controls every single trim level. Yet again, I specify it like that because a lot of times, homelink controls only come standard in top trim levels of other manufacturers, but with the ridge line at least, it comes standard even on our sport trim level. So, 100% and that's up to three different garage doors found just behind the overhead sunglass holder, by the way, in case you were curious about that. Auto dimming room for your mirror for the RTL trim level and up. Ambient LED lighting for the RTLE and black edition. The RTLE is going to give you blue ambient lighting and the black edition is going to give you red. So, okay, so anyway, I was curious about that. If you wanted a wireless phone charger, it's going to come on the RTLE trim level and black edition then, if you wanted to go that route. And so just in front of those drive buttons, you can find a 12-volt power outlet, USB charging port, and some nice rubberized storage to probably put yourself in there. You do have dual cupholders just to the right of all these buttons and what I like best about all of the surrounds about all these buttons is that it's not just a standard matte gray finish. There's a texturized finish to it. So always harp on that in all my reviews. So I do kind of like the way Honda did that there. And then there's a ton, an absolute ton of storage just behind those cupholders. Another 12-volt power outlet and other USB charging port. And like I said, a ton of storage within that. But overall, it's pretty much finished more on the practical side of things. And it's kind of my way of saying there's nothing fancy about the interior quality. It'll certainly get the job done though. So I personally don't mind. It's just pretty much as you would expect the Ridgeline to be finished. I'll put it that way. But so they take a look at the infotainment screen. Eight-inch color touch screen display does come standard. That comes with Bluetooth and audio streaming. Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, factory navigation system coming with the RTLE and Black Edition trims. And of course you can check out your radio information up there. And so when it comes to the sound systems you will find seven speakers with 215 watts and a subwoofer with the sport and RTL trim levels and then eight speakers with 540 watts and a subwoofer coming with the RTLE and Black Edition trims. And so having now got all of that out of the way what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio, see what we got playing today and let's test out this seven speaker sound system that we have with us here today. I don't know why when I hear Michael Jackson I always think rush hour two. Is that weird? I don't know. But anyways, you could tell there was a subwoofer in the Ridgeline. So I was definitely offended that the bass was plenty fine, believe it or not. Actually the clarity was pretty darn good as well. And typically what I find in trucks because it's not that big of a space, the sound systems usually are plenty fine. So that was definitely the case with the Ridgeline. But anyways, last thing I wanna mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the Ridgeline in reverse you will find a review camera taking up the entire screen which you don't always get. So I wanna emphasize that. But also three different views if you press the buttons at the bottom of the screen there. And that of course is going to let you know who or what is behind you which is always is going to lead us into safety. And so to start, front side side curtain airbags do come standard. In the back you're gonna have latch aka lower anchors to have this to children for the rear car seats. Rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system but also coming standard actually for all trim levels will be Honda sensing. This includes a collision mitigation braking system, road departure mitigation system, adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist for collision warning and lane departure warning then as well. And in addition to that if you were to go with the RTL trim level and up that is going to add to that a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert. And so when it comes to my final thoughts here of the Ridgeline in bed storage is absolutely wonderful. I love that feature in the Ridgeline. I believe they pioneered that as well the first people to do it. So huge fan of that dual action tailgate. I can see where that is going to be completely useful as well. Again, if you want to shove something back a little bit further in the bed if you have that traditional fold down bed it's going to be a lot more difficult to do than if the tailgate actually swung open to the side. So I like that. I do love the truck bed sound system although we don't have it today but it's definitely a fan of that as well. You got legendary Honda reliability as well. You guys can check out a Consumer Reports magazine to substantiate that. As far as room for improvement goes the towing capacity on the Ridgeline is just so so. As far as trucks go at least there's competitors that certainly will tow more than the Ridgeline. So I wouldn't have mentioned that. There are some other trucks of course that are a little more capable off road. And my last thing is I wouldn't have minded if the Ridgeline included a full digital gauge cluster. I think that would look pretty darn good and add some customization to the Ridgeline here as well. 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