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Detroit is a unique market in auto transport. It is not as simple as just being a high volume hub, and here is why. The Motor City has enormous carrier activity because of the auto industry itself. Manheim Detroit is in Carleton, south of the city. Manheim Flint is up in Mt. Morris. IAA Detroit handles salvage volume for the metro. I-75 is the spine of the market, running north to Flint and south all the way to Miami. I-94 runs east to Chicago and west toward Port Huron and Canada. I-96 connects Detroit to Grand Rapids. The challenge is timing. When Ford, GM, or Stellantis ship new model year inventory out of Michigan in late summer and early fall, carriers are stacked with OEM loads. Single vehicle transport competes with factory production runs and sometimes loses.
Pickups in Detroit average 2 to 4 days outside of new model year season. In late August and September when the manufacturers are pushing new inventory to dealerships across the country, carriers fill up fast and individual shippers can see that stretch to 5 to 7 days. If you are shipping during that window, book with extra lead time. The rest of the year Detroit is a solid market. I-75 is one of the most traveled carrier routes in the Midwest and carriers moving between Florida and the Great Lakes pass through this metro constantly. The suburbs, Dearborn, Livonia, Troy, Warren, and Royal Oak, are all easy access for carriers.
Aurora is the eastern suburbs of Denver and carriers treat it as part of the Denver metro. Manheim Denver is actually located in Aurora at 17500 East 32nd Avenue, which means this is where the carrier and dealer activity is concentrated for the whole region. That is a significant advantage. I-70 runs east through Aurora heading toward Kansas City and connects west into Denver toward the mountains. I-225 cuts through Aurora connecting I-70 to I-25 in the southern metro. The dealer market across Aurora, Centennial, Parker, and the southeast Denver suburbs is active and growing.
Delivering to Aurora is smooth. Carriers on I-70 coming from the east, and trucks dropping down from I-25 from the north and south, all pass through or near Aurora naturally. The eastern and southern parts of Aurora are flat and easy for car haulers to navigate. Some of the hillier or newer residential developments in the far southeast can occasionally prompt a meetup request but it is not common. Most deliveries are door to door without any hassle.
Shipping a standard sedan from Detroit to Aurora on open carrier currently estimates between $825 and $1125. That is based on the 1,399-mile distance and current market conditions.
Detroit runs close to the national average, maybe slightly above on some lanes. Routes south to Florida on I-75 are extremely active and competitively priced because that is a natural back-and-forth carrier loop. Routes west to Chicago are solid. Where pricing goes up is on the cross-country runs to the West Coast or Southwest because those carriers have to come all the way out to Michigan to start their load. The new model year window in late summer is also a time when carrier capacity tightens and prices creep up. Get a quote to see your exact price.
Aurora prices are Denver prices. The mountain premium that affects the whole Front Range applies here too. Routes heading west over the Rockies on I-70 toward Salt Lake City and the Pacific Coast carry that elevation and pass risk premium. Routes east toward Kansas City and Chicago on I-70 are very well priced because carrier traffic in both directions is strong. Dallas, Phoenix, and Houston lanes are active and competitive. Summer is the peak season. Winter sees some pricing volatility tied to weather. Get a quote to see your exact price.
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