This Rare Honda Just Turned Up In Perfect Condition At An Illinois Junkyard, And No One Can Figure Out Why

A 2012 Honda Crosstour showed up at an Illinois junkyard recently, and it looks like it just came from a car dealership. The black car runs great, has shiny paint, and has no clear damage that would explain why it ended up at Auto Parts City.

The junkyard’s team posted a TikTok video about the find, and more than 144,000 people have watched it. The video shows the Crosstour looking really good, making people ask how it got to a parts yard in the first place. One of the company’s workers has already bought the car.

“I have absolutely no idea why this Crosstour ended up at the junkyard because it seems to run and drive just fine,” the person in the video says. The new owner is a worker named Rolando, who needed a car with enough room to carry his wife’s wheelchair. The Crosstour’s back hatch and big cargo area worked perfectly for what he needed.

Nobody Wanted This Thing When It Was New

The Honda Crosstour first came out in late 2009 as something between a sedan and a tall wagon. Honda made it using the Accord’s base, but added a sloped back end. The look split people’s opinions. A lot of car reviewers said it looked strange, with a long front, short back, and a weird shape that didn’t really fit as a sedan, coupe, or SUV. While Honda has made more popular cars like the Civic Type R that even shows up in video games like Rocket League, the Crosstour never got that kind of attention.

The sales numbers showed people weren’t interested. Honda took the “Accord” name off it in 2012 and changed some of the styling, but American car buyers still didn’t want it. The company stopped making it in August 2015 after selling only about 9,100 of them that year in the United States.

The 2012 version had a 3.5-liter V-6 engine that made around 271 horsepower, and it came with a five-speed automatic transmission. Later models got a better engine and a six-speed automatic. When you fold down the back seats, the Crosstour has about 51.3 cubic feet of space for stuff, which is way more than a regular sedan trunk.

A company spokesperson talked about how well the car works, saying the worker “has driven it absolutely trouble-free for the past 30 days. We just shrug our shoulders.” The Crosstour might not have sold well when it was new, but it used the same reliable parts as the Accord, which is why Honda has such a good name for making cars that last.