Arizona shipments typically run $850 to $2,450 for open transport and take 2 to 7 days, depending on origin and destination.
Shipping a car to or from Arizona typically takes 2 to 7 days and costs $850 to $2,450 for open transport.
Reference pricing for common Arizona corridors. Your specific quote depends on origin city, destination city, vehicle type, and season.
Updated October 2026| Corridor | Distance | Transit | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|
| California to Arizona | 750 to 750 mi | 2 to 4 days | $900 to $1,200 |
| Arizona to Colorado | 820 to 898 mi | 3 to 4 days | $850 to $1,350 |
| Arizona to Texas | 1,178 to 1,178 mi | 3 to 5 days | $850 to $1,150 |
| Washington to Arizona | 1,390 to 1,390 mi | 3 to 5 days | $1,300 to $1,650 |
| Arizona to Minnesota | 1,644 to 1,647 mi | 4 to 6 days | $1,100 to $1,700 |
| Arizona to Illinois | 1,755 to 1,757 mi | 4 to 6 days | $1,000 to $1,900 |
| Arizona to New York | 2,400 to 2,410 mi | 4 to 7 days | $1,700 to $2,450 |
Quotes well below the typical range are almost always bait-and-switch. You are quoted a low price to pay the deposit, and then the price is bumped at the last minute.
Insured under federal cargo liability requirements. Coverage is part of the quote, not an add-on.
Your quote is locked for 28 days. Cancel free up to 7 days before pickup.
Most shipments run door to door. If access is tight (narrow streets, low clearance), we will arrange a nearby meeting point.
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Arizona gets two kinds of arrivals. People moving here for good come mostly from California, which is also where more Arizonans go than anywhere else when they leave, and winter visitors from the Midwest bring a car down for the cold months and take it home in spring. Either way the car crosses the state on I-10 through Phoenix and Tucson or on I-40 through Flagstaff, and the roads rarely change much about a shipment. What does is tax, on a car bought here and shipped out, and on every car registered here.
Never more than your own state would charge, and sometimes nothing. When someone from another state buys from an Arizona dealer, Arizona taxes the sale at no more than the buyer’s home state rate, so a buyer from a state without sales tax pays none, and so does a buyer whose state gives no credit for tax paid in Arizona. The sale only qualifies if the car gets a special 90-day nonresident permit, which is why it’s worth raising with the dealer before you sign, and whatever tax is left is settled with your own state when you register the car there.
It depends on what the car cost new and how old it is, not on what it’s worth today. Arizona charges the tax at every registration, on a value that starts at 60% of the manufacturer’s base price and drops by 16.25% each year, so a car whose base price was $40,000 owes roughly $400 a year by its fourth year on the road, on top of the registration fees, while an older or cheaper car owes much less. If you’re bringing a newer car, budget for it before the move, because it’s the one part of the registration bill that follows the car’s original price.
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If the move makes you a Arizona resident, these are the state's rules for the car.
Checked October 2026 against Arizona Revised Statutes 28-2001, 42-5159 and 49-542, Arizona Department of Transportation. Rules change; the state's own site has the final word.
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Shipping a car to or from Arizona typically runs $850 to $2,450 for open transport, depending on the corridor and the car. California, Colorado and Texas lanes run $850 to $1,350, Illinois and Minnesota about $1,000 to $1,900, and New York $1,700 to $2,450. Enclosed transport costs about 40 to 70% more, rising with distance, and once you book, the price holds for 28 days.
Most Arizona shipments take an estimated 2 to 7 days. California and Colorado run 2 to 4 days, Texas and Washington 3 to 5, Illinois and Minnesota 4 to 6, and New York 4 to 7. Where yours lands in that range depends mostly on how many other cars the driver is collecting and delivering on the way.
Yes, as soon as you become an Arizona resident, because Arizona gives no grace period. Taking a job here, putting a child in public school or spending seven months of a calendar year in the state makes you one, so a winter visitor who goes home in spring keeps their home plates, and so does an out-of-state college student. In the Phoenix and Tucson areas the car needs an emissions test before it can be registered unless it's still in its first five years of registration, and a car that arrives with its title needs no inspection beyond that.
You can leave up to 100 pounds of personal items in one piece of luggage, placed in the trunk or cargo area. Some carriers will accept additional weight for an added fee; we can arrange this for you after booking.
Nothing is charged at booking. The deposit is charged 7 days before your pickup window opens, and the remaining balance is paid to the driver at delivery.
Wash the car so its condition is easy to record, photograph it from each corner, and leave about a quarter tank of fuel. Take out anything above the 100 pound personal item allowance, and take your toll transponder such as FasTrak, E-ZPass or SunPass off the windshield, because toll gantries can read it while the car rides the truck. Have a working key ready for the driver.
Every shipment is insured by the carrier under federal cargo liability requirements.
Yes. Every toll, bridge and congestion charge the truck pays on the way is already in your quote, and nothing is added for them after you book.
Locked for 28 days. Nothing charged at booking.