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I think Honda should start making pick-ups...They will out-sell any other company!!! If Honda OR Acura ever made a pick up i will be like on the waiting list to get one. Damm Honda Im gonna write them a letter right now...

 
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I think I read a few months back that Honda was working on making a truck. The scheduled release was for 2005 I believe. Although, I may just be dreaming.

 
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As much as I love Hondas....their trucks would never compete with the GM Silverado / Seirra line or trucks. To many "American" buyers out there.

 
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Honda is a great company and I would most likely buy a truck from Honda but there is no way that they could compete with GMC, Chevy, Toyota, and Ford. Each brand has their "life-time" owners. You would never see a Chevy owner buying a Honda truck just like they would never buy a Ford or a Toyota. I would think the only chance they had would be comming out with a small truck, and/or a luxary truck under Acura.

 
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They are coming out with a truck. I heard from my sales rep. Don't know any details though...

 
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Think about the majority of people who buy pick-ups, then think about the majority of the people who are big Honda fans. They're not the same audience. I do not think of power or towing capacity or the things I associate with a truck. I don't think I would buy a Honda 'sports car' either, not that I don't like the S2000. There are just a lot of cars I would rather spend my money on.

 
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The all new 2003 Honda [Truck name here] with 2.0 Litre I-vtec! 200 horse power and 142 ft lbs of torque at 8000RPM!"

 
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foreals.. it would most likely be too weak

 
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Ahahaha, I can picture a Honda truck trying to tow a boat out of the water...with me laughing as the boat pulls it into the water.

Trucks are American...buy domestic.

 
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To clarify, Honda is rumored to be coming out with a pick-up sometime next year, with a GM powerplant. Nyeh, you can read about it ... here's the Linky

Peace

 
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Here's something else kinda interesting ...

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200 HP with 142 ft lbs of torque..........isn't that what the RSX Type S has?

 
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I can see it now.

Honda luver: "Domestics suck, my Honda truck is so much more reliable than your F-150"
Domestic driver: "Your truck has an engine made by GM."
Honda luver: "GM is a japanese company."
Domestic driver: *sigh*

 
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I could see honda having a niche market in the compact truck market but nothing more. I think that the toyota compacts do ok but I don't think their full-size does that well.

Honda doesn't really have the engines available that a truck typically requires. However, it is no secret that most truck and suv owners don't use them for anymore than to transport the kids to soccer practice.

I would hope honda wouldn't use a gm engine. WTF? Talk about dismissing the reliability and mpg. GM trucks have terrible reliability. I think Ford is far better.

 
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Ok here's how I see it. It would go entirely against Honda's philosophy to build a truck engine. As far as trucks go, yes, GM is a very good company to get the engine from.

Trucks need torque, Honda engine=nowhere near enough torque to be competitive. And besides, GM is using a Honda engine in a saturn, so they could just return the favor.

edit: I just thought about how different this sounds.........

Bubba: hey cleetus, I just got me a new pickemup truck!
Cleetus: really? what kinda pickemup truck you git?
Bubba: Hownda
Cleetus: what in the hayell? a Hownda pickemup truck?
Bubba: yeeeeep........

 
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It makes u wonder if it would do good or not in the automobile world.

 
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"pickemup truck"

Haw haw, that's hilarious ...

 
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honda + truck = lame. loook at the CRV and Pilot? would YOU take either one out off roading? i think not!

 
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Hondas can't make trucks. End of story. All the so-called "SUVs" that they have are based on cars & vans and are meant for on-road use only. Even their tow-rating is pathetic, and they don't have a single decent RWD platform that is suitable for anything heavy duty. In fact, they haven't even made any V8s yet.

Like somebody said earlier, the Big Three has a tight grip on the truck market. Even Toyota & Nissan, who's reputation around the globe as a premiere truck maker, has a tough time pentrating the North American market.

 
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i think Sony should make cars.. lol

 
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You make a great point. However, how many people who own trucks and especially SUVs, actually ever take them off-road? Not very many. Also, woman make up a very large part of the SUV market. How many women do you see climbing hills?

It's not that honda can't build a good truck, or toyota for that matter, changing the preception of the people that drive trucks is the real problem. The cr-v does very well. The pilot is doing well.

Anyhow, I definately would not want to be a foreign manufacturer in the truck (excluding SUVs) market. I have been driving hondas for 10 years and would most likely buy a ford if I was going after a full-size truck. Toyota if after a compact truck.

 
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I think if Nissan and Toyota can do it, than Honda can do it. They have the money and resources to at least give it a good shot. I think they can pull it off. Will it become the number one selling truck? I doubt it, Will they make a profit, yes. That my 2c

 
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hehe, one of my crazy dreams is to put a turbo H22 into a ranger, then again I also want to buy an old civic hatch and jack it up so it sits about three feet in the air. Only if I can win the loto..................Anywho, if honda makes a good looking truck, with good power and gas milage if will sell, it won't do the F150's numbers, but it will still sell.
just my .02