Shipping a car from UK to US

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I too have shipped personal cars to and from the US (non muscle cars). For anything of value an enclosed 20 foot container is the way to go, however, even with that scenario one of my cars ended up with big scratches on the entire side likely from loading or unloading it into the container. Your quote sounds really low to me and is probably roll on, roll off and not an enclosed container. Also, I don't think normal auto insurance covers marine shipment and a separate policy is needed and the shipping company normally will offer one based on the value of the car. There is also all kinds of extra fees they often don't tell you about like customs clearance, demurrage, and other charges. Dan can advise you on these things, but I recall the base quote I had received sounded good, but what I actually paid was probably twice the amount after all the extra fees and charges.

While I haven't shipped a car by air, I've heard it is about 5 to 10 times higher in cost. I need to ship a vehicle from the US to Dubai within the next month, so I am particularly interested if you find good prices for air freight as I would like to get my car sooner than a typical 30-45 day sea transit.

Good luck.