According to information submitted to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by Honda, this Ridgeline is an RTL-E trim level.

I see that it was previously totaled and sold at auction and from the photos, I can tell that it is an RTL-E (chrome door handles, which only the RTL-E had).

 

So glad you provided the VIN.

Be very, very careful and do lots of research on any truck you find.

Always Google the VIN.

There are a lot of shops that do not do good work and sell crashed that have been repaired.

The quality of the work is often low and they often skip some repair steps to increase profit.

Flood cars and wrecked cars are often sold to unsuspecting buyers.

 

Always Google the VIN.

This should be part of every search. CarFax and such are never 100% accurate or detailed...

 

Canadian Ridgelines have some features our American trucks don't have. This may be the case with Ukrainian trucks also.

 

This may be the case with Ukrainian trucks also.

Based on the auction info...that truck was most likely a US or Canadian RL that wound up in Kentucky as a messed up wreck.

I doubt Honda Inc builds any RL's to Ukrainian specs.......very small "new RL market", if it even exists.

 

There's only one other market I'm aware of where the Ridgeline is sold outside of the US and Canada.

Ridgeline | Hondalatincaribbean

The Ridgeline is undoubtedly the Honda of the trucks. As smart as it is intelligent, it has a powerful V6 engine that will take you everywhere you want.

www.hondalatincaribbean.com

 

Interesting...........they have the Honda City at that location.

........and only the RL RTL.....no other RL models

 

I am glad that I received so many answers.
Indeed, Ridgeline has never been supplied to the Ukrainian market, or to other European countries either.
The only way out is to buy "broken junk" at an auction, unfortunately there are no other ways.
Without an accident, or with very minor damage, they have a very high price, and are often bought by local car dealers for easy repairs.
Cars with more serious damage are sent abroad - to Ukraine, Georgia, etc.
Indeed, we have very inexpensive repair of broken cars.
And they do it everywhere.
I myself have been selling auto parts for 8 years in Ukraine, including body parts for broken cars from the USA.
I moved to a new house a year ago.
Imagine my surprise when my new neighbor across the street has a body shop right in the yard.
A full-fledged workshop - for "pulling out" dents, welding large body components, a paint shop.
There are always 3-5 cars from the USA "in line" in the yard.
Since then, we have been cooperating with him, I bring in spare parts for body repairs just on the way home.
If there is interest, I will somehow create a separate topic or post about what repairing damaged cars from the USA looks like.

Returning to our question.
I still do not understand why the car 5FPYK3F74KB026521 has an RTLE configuration, and where you can check it yourself.
I contacted the seller of the car, and judging by the photo, the car has everything that should be in RTLE, except for the sound system in the trunk.

I am not sure that I will take this particular car, I would rather look for a 2019 with a 9-speed gearbox.
Tell me, how can I quickly tell from a photo that the car is RTLE? Besides the chrome handles.
Because there are a lot of cars with the RTL signature at the auction, but now, as I understand, this may be a mistake.

Another interesting question - what is this "black edition" of blue color (on new cars since 2021), it threw me off balance a little.

 

Another interesting question - what is this "black edition" of blue color (on new cars since 2021), it threw me off balance a little.

Welcome! Thank you for sharing about your business - it sounds like there is a healthy business in recycling vehicles and making them drivable again.

Black Edition is simply a trim level and involves black badging and special black seating, along with all the special features (heated seats & steering, special wheels, great stereo, moonroof, etc.). It doesn’t mean that the exterior paint has to be black (although it comes in black).

Many other cars here in the US have a “Black Edition” - my neighbor has a Black Edition Chevy Traverse: it is white with black badging.

The special blue color that came out in ‘24 (Diffused Sky Blue) is only available on the Trailsport level of trim, not the Black Edition. But, maybe you are thinking of Sonic Gray Pearl which is a gray-blue or blue-gray depending upon the light. That was/is available on several trim levels - I have it on my ‘23 RTL-E.

 

I also use this Volvo Forums tool to quickly decode VINs when I'm researching cars: VIN Decoder - Volvo Forums - Volvo Enthusiasts Forum

 

Digits 4-6, YK3 means it's AWD. 10th digit is K, so it's a 2019. 8th digit is 7, so it's a RTL-E, assuming it's from the US.

 

Thanks a lot guys
I opened copart and found that half of the rtl cars are actually rtl-e
Now the choice of cars is much bigger
Hopefully I will soon become a full member of the ridgeline owners club

 

RTL-E is the best trim level, imo. I don’t know why Honda discontinued it.