Bucket one: auction to the curb
You bought it and now the clock is running. Every day the unit sits at the auction is storage, and every day it is not on your front line is a day it cannot be sold. To the curb faster is the entire measure here.
Auto dealerships
Auto dealership transport: to the curb, and to the customer
Dealership transport really comes down to two jobs. Getting bought units onto your front line before they cost you money, and putting a sold vehicle in your customer's driveway exactly when you promised it.
Clutch Auto Transport moves vehicles for auto dealerships, dealer groups, and automotive wholesalers across all 48 continental states. The work splits into two buckets: auction-to-dealership moves that get purchased units to the curb and front line ready faster, and VIP delivery of sold vehicles to the customer's home, on time and as promised. Dealer accounts get lane-based pricing and access to the Clutch Transport Portal for instant quoting, one-click ordering, and live tracking.
The problem
Two buckets, and they are not the same job
Most transport providers are built for one of these. A store needs both to work, and the second one is the one your customers talk about.
Bucket two: VIP delivery to the buyer
Online sales mean your buyer may be a thousand miles away, and the delivery is the last thing they experience from your store. On time and as promised, or the review writes itself.
Trades and dealer transfers
Another rooftop has the unit your customer wants. The deal holds together only if the car gets there before the customer cools off.
Wholesale and off-site buys
Wholesalers and dealers sourcing away from the lot only pencil out when transport is priced before the bid, not discovered after it.
How we help
We have been on your side of the desk
Clutch leadership spent over a decade in automotive before building this. That is why the page is organized around the curb and the customer rather than around load boards.
- To the curb faster. Auction pickups planned against gate hours and release paperwork, so a dispatch is not wasted and the unit is not accruing storage.
- VIP delivery that reflects your store. A clean, on-time handoff on a sold unit is a review, and increasingly a video the customer posts themselves.
- Price before you bid. Quote the lane in the portal while you are still deciding whether to buy the unit.
- Enclosed when it matters. Exotic, collector, and high-line units ship enclosed. Everything else goes open, at open pricing.
- Group-wide visibility. Multi-rooftop groups get permissions per store, with the GM or group ops seeing everything.
- One invoice trail. Order history and reporting your controller can reconcile without chasing paperwork.
Wholesalers and high-volume resellers
If you move units every month, stop quoting them one at a time
Automotive wholesalers and high-volume resellers sit between a retail customer and a franchise group, and most transport providers price them as though every unit is their first. It is the wrong tool and it costs time on every single vehicle.
Signs you should be on an account rather than the quote form:
- You move more than a couple of units a month
- You run the same lanes repeatedly, such as a regular auction to home market route
- You need your cost before you bid, not after you win
- You are re-entering the same information constantly
- You want order history you can actually reconcile
An account gets you lane pricing on your routes, one-click reordering, and full order history. It is the same portal the dealer groups and moving companies use.
Process
From decision to delivered
Quote the lane
Enter origin, destination, and the unit. Get a price before you commit to the buy or promise a date.
Book in one click
Convert the quote to an order without re-entering the VIN or the store's details.
Pickup with documentation
Condition documented at pickup, which matters more on a wholesale unit than anyone admits until there is a dispute.
Delivery and proof
Signed condition report at delivery, filed in your order history for the deal jacket.
Questions
Frequently asked
Can you pick up directly from an auction?
Yes, and it is one of the two things this page is built around. Auction pickups are routine, though gate release requirements and auction hours vary by location, so give us the buyer number and release information when you book. Manheim and Adesa are the two highest-volume auction networks we cover.
What does 'to the curb' actually mean for timing?
It means the unit is at your store and ready to move to the front line, rather than sitting at the auction accruing storage. Short-haul runs of 1 to 500 miles are typically 1 to 2 days in transit once collected. The variable that matters more is how quickly release paperwork and gate hours let a driver collect it, which is why we capture both at booking.
Do you handle delivery of a sold vehicle to a retail customer's home?
Yes. Delivery of a sold unit to the buyer's home is handled as its own service rather than as an ordinary wholesale move, because the delivery experience belongs to your store, not to us. Tell us at booking that it is a retail delivery and we treat the window and the handoff accordingly.
Do you work with automotive wholesalers?
Yes. Wholesalers and high-volume resellers are a called-out audience here and are set up with lane pricing and portal access rather than being quoted one unit at a time.
Do you ship high-line and exotic inventory?
Yes, on enclosed carriers. Tell us the unit's value at booking, because it affects both the carrier pool and the coverage required.
Can each rooftop have its own login and see only its own units?
Yes. The portal supports user-level permissions, so each store sees its own orders while group management sees everything across the organization.
Do you handle non-running or damaged units?
Yes, with a winch-equipped carrier, at a higher rate. Flag it at booking rather than at pickup.
Work with Clutch
Price your next transfer
Tell us the lanes your store, group, or wholesale operation runs most. We will price them and set your team up in the portal so you can quote without calling.