2025 Honda Ridgeline: Which Trim Level Is Right for You?
After updating the Ridgeline for the 2024 model year with refreshed front and rear styling and a new TrailSport trim, Honda is leaving its mid-size pickup truck alone for 2025. The Ridgeline remains unique in the mid-size segment in utilizing a unibody architecture like that underpinning a car; and though the smaller Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz also employ unibody construction, the Ridgeline’s direct competitors are all body-on-frame vehicles, like traditional trucks and SUVs.
While its competitors offer turbocharged, diesel and hybrid powertrains, the 2025 Ridgeline sticks to a single engine offering: a normally aspirated, gas-burning 3.5-liter V-6. The engine makes 280 horsepower and 262 pounds-feet of torque, which it routes through a nine-speed automatic transmission to standard all-wheel drive. Most Ridgelines return an EPA-rated 18/24/21 mpg city/highway/combined, although the TrailSport’s all-terrain tires cost it 1 mpg in the highway and combined ratings.
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The Honda can handle almost 1,600 pounds of occupants and cargo, which is in line with other mid-size trucks. While its 5,000-pound towing capacity trails those of the Chevrolet Colorado, Ford Ranger, and Toyota Tacoma by 1,500 to 2,700 pounds, no other truck in its class can match the Ridgeline’s serene, carlike ride. If maximum comfort is more important than maximum towing capability, which trim level of the 2025 Honda Ridgeline is right for you?
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Sport
The Honda Sensing suite of advanced safety tech is standard on every 2025 Ridgeline. It includes forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, lane-centering steering, blind spot monitors, rear cross-traffic alert, adaptive cruise control and automatic high beams.
In addition, the entry-level Sport sports 18-inch wheels, LED head- and taillights, keyless entry and starting, and remote start. Every Ridgeline also features a class-exclusive dual-action tailgate that can drop like a normal pickup’s or swing to the side for easier bed access, as well as a 7.3-cubic-foot lockable and water-tight compartment beneath the bed floor. Inside, the Sport features cloth upholstery, tri-zone automatic climate control with rear vents, wireless phone charging, seven speakers, and a 9-inch touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The Sport starts at $41,545 (all prices include $1,395 destination charge).
RTL
The first step up the Ridgeline ladder adds basic luxury equipment such as a power moonroof, power-adjustable heated front seats and leather upholstery. The $44,375 RTL also gains a power-operated sliding rear window, an acoustically insulated windshield and satellite radio.
TrailSport
The $46,775 TrailSport’s off-road-tuned suspension features unique springs, dampers and stabilizer bars, but it does not increase ground clearance. There is, however, a skid plate protecting the oil pan from impacts should you exceed its 7.6 inches of ground clearance. Black finishes on the grille, wheels and exterior trim set the TrailSport apart on the outside, while orange ambient lighting and accent stitching give the cabin a unique look. The TrailSport also receives front and rear parking sensors, a heated steering wheel, and navigation.
Black Edition
As its name suggests, the Black Edition also sports black exterior trim, but instead of the TrailSport’s orange stitching and lighting, it gets red. The Black Edition forgoes the off-road bits, keeps the luxury content, and adds ventilated front seats, heated outboard rear seats and an eight-speaker sound system. It starts at $48,145.
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