Auction Car Transport — Without the Auction's Markup

Usually not. The auction’s in-house service is an intermediary that adds its own margin on top of the carrier’s rate. Cox Automotive — which owns Manheim — even positions its self-managed, dispatch-directly-to-carriers network as the money-saving route versus its full-service option. Independent transport companies say the same: the in-house option is usually pricier and slower.

It depends on the lane, so we don’t quote a blanket percentage. As an example, on a lane like New York to Boston an auction might quote around $500, while the market carrier rate is often closer to $340-360, plus our flat $50 dispatch fee - so a dealer typically saves at least about $100 on that move. You already know your auction’s quote; send us the lane and we’ll tell you the current market rate, and you decide.

Because every major auction earns money on transport - the quote you see is the carrier’s rate plus the auction’s cut. It’s their business model: Cox, Manheim’s parent, openly frames dispatching directly to carriers as the money-saving route. An FMCSA broker dispatches to those same carriers without the auction’s margin.

With our cash-on-delivery option you pay the assigned carrier directly when the car is delivered, so you see the real carrier rate yourself - a hidden markup is impossible. Y7’s revenue is a flat $50 per-vehicle dispatch fee on top of that rate, not a spread inside it.

It depends on the lane. Popular corridors dispatch quickly; rural or unusual routes take longer to source a carrier at a fair rate. We quote the real market rate, which is what actually gets a carrier assigned before storage fees start - an artificially low rate just sits on the board.

Yes - one broker for every major US auction. We coordinate the gate pass, dispatch a verified carrier through Central Dispatch, and you pay the real market rate plus a flat dispatch fee.