Why are Ridgeline sales so poor? Even lower than the Nissan Titanic.
They’re not even selling half of what they did in the early years?
This tells me the reputation (for what?) is hurting them.
The people I know who have rhem love them but they’re ugly and getting a little dated, imho.
“Why are Ridgeline sales so poor? Even lower than the Nissan Titanic.
They’re not even selling half of what they did in the early years?
This tells me the reputation (for what?) is hurting them.”
Some of their dealers didn’t carry the Ridgelines at first. My local dealer refused to carry the Ridgeline until a dozen or more were bought a few miles away. That cost him a close to 300K in lost sales.
Honda at first, stretched the image a lot showing the Ridgelines driving and racing in 4 wheel drive county. We were told that I could buy after market under the truck skid plates/gear to protect the engine, transmission and other mechanical things from damage in rough off road conditions. Apparently, Honda has threatened to sue anyone who tried to market the under truck protective skid plate gear. Their reason was apparently re safety. If there is a head on collision, the engine is supposed to drop down in an accident. So any skid plates would prevent this from happening. No one sells skid plates for the Ridgeline or Pilot.
The motor, frame, transmission, suspension and other under the sheet metal wrapping is the same as their Honda Pilot and their Acura SUV. Both products are good sellers and vry reliable.
That may be the problem, as too many of us cracked the code and saved thousands versus a Pilot by going with a Ridgeline.
Last but not least, they don’t advertise Ridgelines, which limits vehicle sales.
We have probably discussed owning a Ridgeline with well over a hundred other owners. All of them loved their Ridgelines and plan to drive them for at least a decade or more. That cuts down on repeat sales if the original is still a good vehicle.
Often one family member buys a Ridgeline and then other family members buy one or more like my BIL. One of our younger relative knows this large family of adults. The first Ridgeline in that clan was bought to drive in the Lake Tahoe area. It did such a good job all of the Lake Tahoe adult clan bought one. Then, the clan in the Wino areas bought them. All are still running even some with over 100k miles. That cuts down on repeat sales.