Honda Rejects Offering Base Ridgeline, Despite Poor Sales

CHICAGO – Despite slow sales of American Honda Motor Co. Inc.’s, first-ever pickup truck, the Ridgeline, a company executive says there are no plans for a bargain trim.

The ’06 Ridgeline, which sold 22,474 units in the U.S. through August, is slowly finding its way into the crowded U.S. pickup truck market, Dan Bonawitz, vice president-auto operations, tells Ward’s here at a media event.