Honda Pickup????

[montanafan]

A friend told me that Honda will have a pickup truck on the lots this October, but I just checked the site and there's nothing about it. Has anyone heard anything about this?

I'm thinking of buying a new Toyota Double Cab or a Nissan Crew Cab soon, but if Honda's coming out with something, I'd wait.

 

[Suicidal]

I wish bmw or porsche would come out with a sport pickup, that'd rule.

 

[Emulex]

great more rice on the road.

 

[geno]

I saw some pics a while ago of a Honda V8, that's most likely going into this truck if it ever comes around.

 

[NFS4]

<< I saw some pics a while ago of a Honda V8, that's most likely going into this truck if it ever comes around. >>


The Honda V8 is going in the next Acura NSX, not a pickup. Besides, high-revving V8's based off of CART/F1 technology DON'T make good truck engines.

 

[geno]

Like I said, I only saw pics. No info whatsoever. Toyota has no problem putting the same V8s into their cars as well as trucks, so I thought Honda was following suit

 

[NFS4]

<< Toyota has no problem putting the same V8s into their cars as well as trucks >>


That's b/c Toyota's V8's produce decent amounts of horsepower backed up with loads of bottom-end torque (which is needed in pickups). The V8 in the Acura NSX will NOT be a torque monster. The V8 in the NSX will be along the lines of the 3.6 liter V8 in the Modena which produces 274 lb-ft @ 4750 RPM. It's peak of 400HP doesn't come until 8500RPM. That doesn't cut it for truck duty.

 

[Ornery]

That new Toyota truck looks like a winner. Why would you prefer Honda over it? Price maybe?

 

[geno]

Obviously you'll want a tourqey engine for a truck, that's common knowledge. I just saw that Honda was showcasing a new V8, and with rumors around of a Honda pickup, I just assumed that it was going in there (ala Toyota). But apparently this is more of a racebred engine, so any ideas of what they're putting in the pickup for an engine?

 

[NFS4]

I can't even imagine a Honda pickup. They have NO experience. Hell, the Passport SUV isn't even theirs, it's an Isuzu. Toyota has been doing trucks for years.

 

[geno]

There's a first time for everything. Honda is a smart company, but they might create their first flop in a long time.

 

[osage]

GMC,Ford,Dodge make pickups the others are toys.

IMHO

 

[Ornery]

• GMC,Ford and Dodge can't rest on their laurels!:Q

 

[montanafan]

Hey Ornery, I've looked at the Toyota Tacoma Double Cab and I love it, but they're hard to find around here and if they have anything at all in the way of options they sticker for over $26,000. Dealers won't do much for you in bringing down the price because they know someone will come along and pay it, they're just so popular. I saw one at the closest dealership. It was silver, loaded, just beautiful. They wouldn't take a thing off the sticker and offered me the minimum blue book on my trade-in. A couple of hours later someone bought it under the same sort of conditions.

I'd prefer the Honda because I've had a couple of them and there's just not a more reliable and low-maintenance vehicle made, as far as I'm concerned. I have heard good things about the Toyota trucks though.

I ended up test-driving a Ford Sport Trac and a Nissan Crew Cab today. I liked them both, but I think I liked the Nissan a litle more.

 

[BigLance]

A Honda pickup would be cool, although Nissan's Supercharged Frontier w/220 HP or whatever is pretty damn phat !

 

[KameLeon]

Oh man! I test drove the Toyota Tundra V8. It's one hell of a truck! But I already have a Nissan Frontier 2000 v4.

 

[dcdomain]

No experience with SUVs? How about the Acura MDX? They should be getting rid of the Isuzu Rodeo/Passport soon replacing it with a Honda version of the MDX. Anyway, do you have links to the pics of the pickup? I figure since they are pouring their resources into the NSX, and probably the Honda pickup, Honda would be stretching their R&amp;D to include a pickup in the near future.

Anyway, I heard that the MDX engine is actually the same engine as the CL/TL engine, just tweaked to get more power at a lower rpm and more torque. If they are able to do this with that engine, why wouldn't they be able to do that with the V8 NSX/RL engine? Besides, search for the thread I started about the new NSX. I had my friend translate some of the Japanese in the article and it stated that Honda was going to try to go for more torque in that engine.

 

[NFS4]

<< No experience with SUVs? How about the Acura MDX? >>


If I'm not mistaken, the MDX is based on the Odyssey MINIVAN chassis...hardly a true, SUV.

 

[dcdomain]

True, but it obviously gets enough done to be rated number 1 in that SUV test conducted by MotorTrend (or was it Car and Driver?). Most people today will never truly need the capabilities of a real SUV.

A pickup is a different matter, they'll probably have to have a dedicated chassis for that sort of truck, which will hardly make much economic sense. Honda is a small company, and if they can't get more than one use out of one of their designs, they'll wait...

I think they obviously have the engine, if they have enough resources, they should be able to put out a quality truck. Perhaps not at the first go around, but in later generations.

 

[Ferocious]

I haven't read anything about Honda building a new truck plant in N. America.

And since Honda probably couldn't compete with a Japanese made truck (considering this particular market)...I wouldn't expect one soon.

Unless they have someone else build it for them, which I doubt. Isuzu, Mazda, and Nissan all have trucks built by other N. American companies.

Toyota built a new plant for the Tundra. But I just haven't heard anything about a new Honda truck plant.