The most popular way to transport a car cross-country is using a consumer-oriented car shipper. Most commercial car shippers put cars on an open-air trailer similar to the ones used for new cars. MoveCars.com, an online directory of auto transporters, offers more than 50 listings to request bids from brokers and auto shippers in the U.S. and Canada. Most shippers will give a time delivery window that ranges from seven to 21 days. When you talk to the shippers, make sure to ask them detailed questions about how your car will be transported.

Most shippers will move cars between certain city hubs, unloading and loading the vehicles onto other trucks in order to make the routes more efficient. The cost can also vary if you want door-to-door transport over terminal-to-terminal. This is our most economical service. Your vehicle will ship on an open-air car transport truck – the same kind of truck that many automobile manufacturers use to deliver new cars to dealerships.

The open auto transport alternative is the most common one.  If you have spent any time on US highways you have already seen such trailers at work. These trailers have one or two open air levels on which cars are loaded and secured.