Cost to Ship a Car Overseas

Costs to ship a car overseas vary on many factors, including the size of a car and the length of the route. If you move your car, let's say,  from USA to Europe, you can expect to pay the shipper around $750 to transport a compact car, or up to $2.000 for a large sized sport utility vehicle or a luxury limousine, such as BMW 7-Series or Audi A8.

Shipping from USA (or Canada) to Australia will cost the owner of a small sized vehicle around $2.500, while owners of larger vehicles should expect to pay the shippers around $3.000 or more. As said previously, the costs to ship a car overseas vary on many different factors, including the type of shipping.

Your vehicle can be put in a large container to prevent it from damages that could happen during the transportation process. Such type of shipping a car costs more than regular shipping. In order to find the exact information about overseas car shipping costs, you should ask a shipping company to provide you with free car shipping quote or shipping estimate.

It is wise to contact up to five different car shipping companies located in your area and ask them to provide free shipping quotes. To provide you with a quote, a car shipping company will need some information about yourself and the type of a vehicle, so you'll need to fill up the "shipping quote" form. You'll have to provide the shipper with some personal information, phone number, current location, desired destination and information about the car: make, model, running condition, etc... 

Filling such forms rarely takes more than a few minutes. Also, you should not worry about your personal data as the car shipping company will keep it strictly confidential.