1) It’s for most current truck buyers.

I don’t know about your area, but used Ridgelines are $$$$$$. They have higher resale than any of the full-size pick-ups, or their contemporary mid-sized competitors.

This is the dumbest argument I hear against mid-sized trucks. Not everyone wants bigger (though, lots do) and bigger isn’t always better. If someone was honestly shopping for a 3-series, it’s not like most of them would really consider a stretch limo instead.

Theoretically, these things should sell like hot cakes, as most full-size pickup owners really just need to get the kids to/from soccer practice, maybe tow the family camper, and then haul new shoes home from the mall. This will do that splendidly.

Also allows you to use the bumper as a full size step to get into the bed.

Besides the slanting bed, I liked the first gen. Not the prettiest, but certainly not the worst.

Relatively speaking, no one buys those any more. Everyone wants a crew cab and most choose the short box on the crew cab instead of the long.

I like less chrome (though, just the chrome bumpers of the Ram’s I liked, and depending on the amount, the chrome grille was ok). I don’t like the styling of that grille at all. It looks like a dog’s nose to me, and the large RAM looks tacky.

For that price, you could get a loaded Colorado diesel, and still have a bit of cash left over. You’d be missing a sunroof, but you’d have a diesel.

What’s the length of the bed from the “front” to the end of the folded down tailgate?

Because their engine and transmission choices are pretty shit unless you get a WRX or STI.

Why?

If I’m being honest, the Raptor is actually pretty well done. I can live with the “FORD” on the front of it.

Why no CX-5?

The further Ram creeps away from Dodge, the less I like them. The grilles they have on them now are hideous, same when you try to stretch just three letters across an entire tailgate.

Eve is the worst blogger on this site.

I wouldn’t be worried about strength (it appears to only be holding the skin of the roof on). I’d be more worried about it rusting out in a couple years. Though, I live in an area that uses a ridiculous amount of salt on the roads for about half the year.

Where is the part where VW is being generous? As I’ve argued, the amount of money they are offering is (when totaled up) is roughly equivalent to what the car is worth. Add that to the fact that they are only doing it because a court has ordered them to, and not out of the goodness of their hearts, it seems pretty…

Not to be overly critical. But his tack welds are far different than the spot welds that would be done at the factory. The factory most likely used a resistance spot welder:

Well, this is weird...