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IYou do not need to regularly ride a mountain, the mountain Honda Ridgeline is a great truck. It can tow a few thousand pounds, has a decently sized bed, and is comfortable and refined around town.
It's also not the kind of truck you think about to turn into a desert-runner. And yet Honda did exactly that for this year with the Rugged Open Air Vehicle Concept.
Believe it or not, the truck is not based on one of Honda's side-by-sides. It may look like an overgrown Pioneer 1000, but it actually started life as a Ridgeline. And while it's still only a concept, Honda says it was built using only existing components.
The Ridgeline body and suspension have been modified, but the doors have been pulled from a Pioneer production. The bed and tailgate, however, had to be custom built.
With no roof to keep the elements, the cabin also needed a makeover. Honda used the Pioneer 's steering wheel, then swapped in a set of Civic Type R seats that were re-covered to make them waterproof, and thus easy to hose down.
The team also has more durable materials that can stand up to the sun better. To finish it off, Honda added a couple of phone mounts.
We do not expect Honda to actually build this thing, but we have to say, it's pretty dang cool. Maybe we can convince Honda to let us drive through Baja before it's retired forever.
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