For dealerships
Dealership Auto Transport
Dealer freight is a different job from a retail move. The volume is repeat, the lanes are predictable, and a truck that misses a delivery window costs you a sale rather than an afternoon.
- Consistent lane pricing
- Trade swaps
- Auction runs
- Customer deliveries
What dealers actually need from a transporter
Retail customers want the cheapest number. Dealers want the same number every month, a truck that turns up when it says it will, and a single person who already knows how your store works.
Most of the friction in dealer transport comes from treating each move as a fresh transaction. New quote, new coordinator, new explanation of where the back lot entrance is. Multiply that by twenty moves a month and it becomes a real cost in someone's day.
We work dealer accounts on standing lane rates and a named coordinator, so a trade swap or an auction pickup takes one message rather than a quoting cycle.
The moves we handle for dealer groups
Most stores run the same handful of jobs over and over.
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Trade swaps
Dealer-to-dealer moves to close a sale on a unit you do not have on the ground. Usually the most time-sensitive job you run.
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Auction collection
Pickup from major auction houses to your lot, coordinated around their release windows and gate paperwork.
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Customer delivery
Retail delivery direct to the buyer's driveway, which increasingly decides whether an out-of-state sale closes at all.
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Inventory rebalancing
Moving stock between rooftops so units sit where they actually sell rather than where they landed.
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Wholesale to auction
Aged inventory out to the block, timed so it arrives ahead of the sale rather than the week after.
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Lease returns
Off-lease units back to the grounding dealer or to a remarketing centre, moved in batches where possible.
Setting up a dealer account
Four steps, and then most future moves take a single message.
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Tell us your lanes
Your regular origins and destinations, typical monthly volume and the auctions you buy from.
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We build lane rates
Agreed pricing on those corridors so you are budgeting against a known figure rather than quoting each move.
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Site details on file
Gate hours, entrance to use, who releases keys, any restriction on truck size at your lot.
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Book by message
Send the VIN and the destination. No quoting cycle, no re-explaining your operation each time.
Why delivery reliability decides the sale
An out-of-state buyer has already handed over a deposit before they see the car. Every day the delivery date slips is a day they wonder whether they made a mistake, and a day your finance approval ticks closer to expiry.
The two things that protect that sale are honest transit estimates and a coordinator who calls the customer before they call you. We would rather tell a dealer on Monday that Thursday is unrealistic than let them promise Thursday and explain Friday.
The same applies to trade swaps. If a unit is not going to make it before the customer's patience runs out, knowing that early lets you offer an alternative rather than lose the deal entirely.
Run regular lanes?
Send us your typical origins, destinations and monthly volume. We will come back with standing rates instead of one-off quotes.
Check my routeWhat dealer pricing depends on
Volume changes the arithmetic, but the underlying factors are the same.
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Lane consistencyPredictable repeat corridors let carriers plan around your freight, which prices better than ad hoc moves.
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Units per moveFull or part loads out of one location cost less per vehicle than scattered single pickups.
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Vehicle mixA load of full-size trucks weighs and occupies far more than a load of compacts.
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Timing pressureStanding volume on flexible dates prices better than repeated urgent one-offs.
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Auction calendarSale weeks concentrate demand at specific sites and tighten capacity in that region.
Standing lane rates are agreed in writing and hold for the agreed period. Anything outside your lanes is quoted individually before dispatch, never after.
Dealership transport questions
Do you offer standing rates for regular lanes?
Yes. Send us your typical origins, destinations and monthly volume and we will build agreed pricing for those corridors so each move does not need a fresh quote.
Can you collect from auction houses?
Yes. Give us the sale location, the release paperwork or gate pass number and the collection window. Auction sites have strict release procedures and we work to them rather than around them.
Do you deliver directly to retail customers?
We do, and for out-of-state sales it is often what closes the deal. The driver contacts the buyer directly to arrange a delivery window, and the condition report is signed at the buyer's address.
Can you move multiple units at once?
Yes, and it is the cheapest way to move dealer stock. Full or part loads from a single location price considerably better per vehicle than individual pickups.
How do you handle billing on volume accounts?
Consolidated rather than per move, on terms agreed when the account is set up, so your accounts team is not processing individual invoices for every unit.
What if a delivery date is going to slip?
You hear from us before the customer does. An early warning lets you manage the buyer's expectations, which is worth far more than an apology after the date has passed.
Set up a dealer account
Tell us your lanes and volume and we will come back with standing rates and a named coordinator for your store.
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