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In one of flesh'south greatest engineering triumphs since the beer cooler ice chest got wheels, the 2022 Honda Ridgeline pickup has turned the truck bed into a sound organisation with the addition of half dozen speakers to the bed walls. Now you don't demand to roll down the truck windows or open the doors to hear "Hail to the Victors Valiant" or "Sweetness Home Alabama."

The speakers, more correctly chosen exciters or transducers, are embedded two each in the left, right, and cab-facing walls. The transducers move the bed walls in and out, more or less like the cab's sound speakers, except here the speaker cone textile also has to withstand inclement atmospheric condition and rocks being dumped in the truck bed during the workday. The half dozen exciters produce 540 watts of audio and are controlled from the cab. It's likely that if the audio doesn't match Honda premium sound in the cab, later a couple beers the audio volition exist more adequate.

Want to power a big screen TV? No problem

The tailgate-party tailgate and truck bed do more than than merely sound. There's besides a 400-watt AC outlet, not the wimpy 100 or 180 watts you might find inside the rider compartment. This is enough to power a big screen TV for several hours earlier the game before you demand to switch on the engine. If the battery runs depression, Air conditioning power cuts out and so you'll be able to beginning the engine and get home after the game. It should be noted 400 watts is also enough to run a blender if your tastes run to frozen margaritas. Need ice? A trunk compartment nether the truck bed stores a ton of ice (figuratively) and there's a drain to empty the melted ice afterwards.

Ridgeline part of the lively midsize pickup market

The 2022 Ridgeline is the latest midsize pickup truck to be serously updated. Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon and Toyota Tacoma are also new or seriously upgraded.

The Ridgeline appeared a decade ago with somewhat unique styling features. It'southward been off the market for a couple years and now comes back resurrected with a lot of Honda Pilot underpinning the Ridgeline. The engine is a 3.5-liter V6, 280 hp, and a six-speed automatic, the same as on the Pilot. Like the Pilot, it can be had with forepart-drive or torque-vectoring all-bike-drive. Ridgeline can booty 1,600 pounds of people and cargo. It also has virtually of Honda's passenger machine safety features: lane departure alarm, lane keep assist, standoff mitigation braking, and Lane Watch, or on the top lines, blind spot detection.