[War_Wagon]

jamesqf - You are correct sir, a truck is rear wheel drive at the bare minimum. I'd say it has to have a full frame, but there are some decent vehicles I'd consider trucks that have subframe configurations.

Hersbird - I'm not a fan of El Cos or Rancheros, but even those were more truck oriented than the Ridgeline.

The VW Rabbit pickup and the Dodge Rampage were examples of what Honda should have tried to emulate when they decided to make a "truck". If you are going to go smaller, non-tow worthy, front wheel drive style, then go really small and efficient. Like I stated before, an Element based light duty pickup with a 4 cylinder, available 5 speed or awd, would be the bees knees. I'd drive that, it would be perfect for me. Room for car parts etc in the back, good on fuel, and would have a decent sticker price. Though I say Honda "should have" done something, they are the ones making money selling Ridgelines all these years, so I guess they have me beat ha ha.

What small trucks are left in North America? The S10 is long gone, the Ranger is dead, the Dakota got fat, the Comanche is loooong gone (I heart my Comanche!), and as far as Canada goes you can't even get a regular cab Nissan, and a base model Tacoma only in 2wd. So that leaves the Colorado? The sad fact is that car companies make a lot of money off of crew cab 4x4s with sunroofs and leather seats, so they make a lot of them and ditch the cheap little trucks that most people on this site would choose over them. If anything we are likely to see more Ridgeline like products, and end up losing the Colorado (or it will get bigger like the Dakota did) IMO.