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Originally Posted by gmblack3a
From the honda site they rated the Ridgeline at 15/20mpg. It weights 4500lbs and has a V6 that puts out 250hp and 247tq. Price looks to be $39,900 loaded.
My 2007 GMC denali 1500 pickup weighs 5200lbs has 403hp and 417tq from the 6.2liter V8. They rate it at 13/19mpg. The sticker on mine was $42,800 loaded.
For some there might be a hard choice here, for me it was easy.
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I likely would have made your choice, too...if I was in the market for a large pickup. My argument on that topic is simply that my neighbor's wife's Yukon Denali (a vehicle based on your 1-ton pickup) is not required to put two kids in the back (and not much else). Don't tell me she needs it for the 4WD or ground clearance, because when we get only 2" on the ground they close the schools and the Yukon sits in the driveway (the kids take the bus, anyway). When I was a kid we did just fine with a station wagon (based on a car, not a truck), filling it up with the occasional load of bricks or top soil or kids going to the baseball game.
If GM was smart they would make the hybrid system standard in all the big trucks. Putting it in every one would probably halve the price (of the $10K premium) due to economy of scale, and let them boast that they have the most efficient, greenest, most responsible large truck family on the planet. But that would be too much like leadership.