National Express Auto Transport Blog

  You can get top quality car shipping for $495 with National Express (and without sacrificing value. Here's how:       Use Our Open Transport / Open Carrier Shipping   Shipping a vehicle via open transport will save you the most money. It is the most commonly used...

A lot of times when somebody thinks about car shipping, the automatically think of loads of new vehicles coming from the port or the factory, down to the dealer. But car shipping is actually available to anyone that wants to pay to have their car (or one they are...

The Cost of Shipping a Vehicle Across the Country   Most of the costs you will incur in shipping a car across the country are determined by size, weight, distance, and locations. In brief, smaller vehicles pay less, how far you have to go drops the price per mile but...

National Express provides you with instant access to rates, thanks to our instant online calculator.  But if you like to know how and what determines the rates, then read on and you'll see the factors we use to determine state what is costs to ship a car to another...

The used car market is big business. And although many consumers believe used vehicles come from dealer trades and private sales, most used cars bought by dealers are from auctions. In fact, most dealerships you see selling relatively new cars at  good prices are ...

POV's are considered privately owned vehicles and the term normally refers to auto transport for military service men and women as well as civilian employees. In many case these vehicles are authorized to be transported at the government's expense. For an instant...

Consumers are always looking for the best prices possible when trying to ship their car. We completely understand if buying a car from afar, moving, it's all really expensive so you want to make sure it's cheap. National Express has you covered with the most...

With evacuations and impending threat of a Category 4 hurricane, there will be serious delays with anything coming from the north down to Florida. Customers as of today are experiencing delays because of hurricane Florence going to the Carolinas. Drivers normally take...

Getting more than one quote at a time right from your screen would be a total time saver. After all, we see this all the time with the hotel and airline industry. Doing this online makes it very quick and convenient. So is Auto transport any different than other...

Get auto transport quotes from our calculator without receiving phone calls or giving any personal information. National Express does not collect your phone number when getting a quote. There shouldn't be any reason that you need to provide a phone number We also know...

Auto transport as an industry can be a disaster to say the least. There is so much that goes on in the background that it’s nearly impossible to cover all of it. But we’re here to cover what’s wrong with things that involve getting straight answers, why everyone has...

Many want to trust a longstanding company like AAA to move their car. But can you use this service for long distance? This service is normally intended for roadside assistance, so by design it's not meant just to relocate your vehicle. Within their plans, they have...

The cheapest way to tow a car long distance will be with a car carrier, not a tow truck.  The reason for this is based on the principle of towing more than one vehicle at a time, so that way you are dividing costs between all the cars heading to a similar destination....

Hawaii auto transport is a big business. Hundreds of vehicles get shipped in and out of the islands of Hawaii year round. As it stands, moving to Hawaii can get really expensive. Since everything involves ocean travel, costs pile up very quickly. You want to know how...

From Ford   This engine came around in 1968 and reigned for at least 27 years. In the 80s, this engine was regarded as a 5-liter displacement engine despite being 4.9 liters. In 1995 came the introduction of 4.8 liter V8 which got into Mustangs the next year and for...

This is not a dying industry. Year after year demand increases for truck drivers yet less and less new truckers exist. Unfortunately younger people are not interested in truck driving and that it’s not just jobs for truckers that work for companies or big box stores....

Chrysler, Chevrolet, and ford all had variations of the 400 cu in motor. V-8 power was popular for over three generations until the gas crunch of the late 70s. At national express, we see a lot of history come through especially when shipping classic cars. Here’s a...

It's not a new thing. Drive by wire (like how gas pedals are no longer connected to the throttle via a cable) has been the norm for years now. We are way passed that. It's all about self driving vehicles now and artificial intelligence taking us from a to b. But It's...