Honda Ridgeline

Motar **Honda Ridgeline** babbar motar daukar kaya ce mai matsakaicin girma wacce Honda ke kerawa. Ridgeline ita ce babbar motar daukar kaya a halin yanzu da Honda ke samarwa. An gina Ridgeline ta amfani da firam na unibody, injin da aka saka, kuma ana ba da shi ne kawai a cikin tsarin gajeriyar akwatin ma'aikata-taksi tare da tashar wutar lantarki guda ɗaya.   

Ridgeline ƙarni na farko ya ci gaba da siyarwa a cikin Maris 2005 a matsayin abin hawa na shekara ta 2006.  A cewar marubucin *The Car Design Yearbook*, da Ridgeline shi ne "Honda na farko da ya fara zuwa cikin ainihin zuciya ta hanyar rayuwar mota ta Amurka - motar daukar kaya."  Ƙungiyar injiniya daga Honda R&amp;amp;D Americas ce ta tsara ta kuma ta tsara ta, wanda Gary Flint ke jagoranta.   A cewar marubucin *Driving Honda*, mai kera motoci ya so ya kai hari ga masu siyan da ke neman sauya sheka daga sedans, minivans, da motocin masu amfani da wasanni (SUV) a cikin masu ɗaukar kaya. 

Ci gaban ya fara ne a cikin 2001 lokacin da ƙungiyar injiniyoyi suka fara gwaji tare da alfadarin haɓaka su na farko, ƙarin sigar ƙarni na farko na Acura MDX tare da gadon ɗauko gasa wanda aka haɗa cikin tsarin baya.  Bayan shekaru hudu na ci gaba, an bayyana zane na ƙarshe ga jama'a a matsayin Ka'idar Motar Kayan Wasanni ta Honda a 2004 North American International Auto Show .  Daga baya a wannan shekarar, Honda ya bayyana wani sabon salo na ra'ayin karban su a kasuwar Kasuwar Kayan Aiki ta Musamman kuma ta sanar da sunan motar, Ridgeline.  An buɗe sigar samarwa ta Ridgeline a shekara mai zuwa a Nunin Mota na Ƙasashen Duniya na Arewacin Amurka na 2005. 

Litattafan Honda sun bayyana cewa ƙarni na farko Ridgeline ya raba kashi 7% kawai na kayan aikin sa tare da sauran motocin Honda. Jirgin wutar lantarki ya yi kama da wanda aka yi amfani da shi a cikin ƙarni na farko na Acura MDX amma an “kara inganta shi sosai” don ɗaukar nauyi da ayyukan ja. 

Samar da ƙarni na farko Ridgeline ya ƙare a farkon 2015. 

Bayan dakatarwar shekara guda a cikin samar da Ridgeline, ƙarni na biyu na babbar motar su ta ci gaba da siyarwa a watan Yuni 2016 a matsayin abin hawa na shekara ta 2017.  Zamani na biyu Ridgeline ya ɗauki wata hanya ta daban a cikin ƙira daga ƙarni na farko Ridgeline ta hanyar raba sabon "Tsarin motocin lantarki na duniya,"  da aka samu a cikin ƙarni na uku Honda Pilot da sauran manyan motocin Honda.   Duk da haka, Honda dole ne ya canza tsarin dandalin Pilot don tallafawa jigilar tsararrakinsu na biyu, gami da tsawaita keken keke da gyaggyarawa sassa daban-daban don tallafawa jigilar kaya, ja da kuma amfani da waje.   Duk da waɗannan gyare-gyare, Honda ya bayyana cewa kashi 73% na abubuwan da suka shafi ƙarni na biyu na Ridgeline sun kasance na kowa ta wata hanya tare da Pilot na ƙarni na uku. 

Honda ya bayyana cewa kusan dukkanin manyan abubuwan an inganta su tare da tsarin gaba mai ƙarfi na 17%, baya mai ƙarfi 31%,  da 50% na abubuwan chassis sun canza ko an ƙarfafa su don ƙarni na biyu Ridgeline.   Sabon tsarin tsara na biyu na Ridgeline ya ba shi matsakaicin  raguwar nauyi daga ɗaukar ƙarni na farko.   An ƙarfafa ginshiƙan C da na baya wanda ke ba ƙarni na biyu 28% ƙarin ƙaƙƙarfan torsional akan ƙarni na farko Ridgeline.