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Car Transport Between London and a Birmingham Auction Site
Birmingham sits inside easy reach of several major auction centres, so plenty of our London to Birmingham jobs start the other way round: a buyer in the capital wins a car at a site near Measham, Perry Barr or Kings Norton and needs it collected and driven south. The route itself, whether run via the M40 or the M1 and M6, covers around 120 miles and is usually a same-day job.
The busiest single test on this corridor is the interchange where the M42 and M6 meet north-east of the city; anyone who has queued there on a weekday afternoon knows to build in a margin rather than promise an exact arrival time.
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Auction collections around Birmingham
BCA and Copart both run sites in the Birmingham area, and a driver collecting from one knows the paperwork auction houses expect before a car is released: the buyer’s reference, and confirmation of who is authorised to take the vehicle away. Our BCA car transport service is built around exactly that handover.
Why the price is agreed up front
Rather than working out a rate after the job, K9 opens your route to a individual pricing among 3,000 vetted transporters, and the price you accept is what a driver already planning that corridor was willing to do. Nothing changes once the car is loaded.
M40 or M1/M6 into the city
The M40 tends to suit collections from west and south-west London, while the M1 into the M6 suits the north and east of the capital. Both cross sections prone to roadworks around Warwickshire and the southern approach to Birmingham, and a regular driver on this route will already know where delays tend to build.
Collecting from inside London’s ULEZ
A car being collected from central London needs the postcode checked against the ULEZ boundary before the job is scheduled, so the driver is not caught out on the way to load. It has no bearing on the car being transported, only on the collecting vehicle itself.
What travels on this route
- Cars won at auction and collected the same week they are paid for
- Part-exchange stock moving between a London group and a Birmingham branch
- Non-runners collected from an auction compound with no key or a flat battery
- Enclosed transport available where a car needs to travel out of sight
For stock moving as part of a wider trade account rather than a single purchase, see vehicle transport for the full range of what we cover, or our dedicated Birmingham vehicle transport page for local delivery detail.
Why collection speed matters after an auction win
Auction houses typically charge a daily storage fee once a car has been paid for and not collected, so leaving a vehicle sitting at a Birmingham site for a week can quietly add to the overall cost of the purchase. Booking the transporter as soon as payment clears, rather than waiting until the car is convenient to deal with, usually works out cheaper overall.
Multiple lots from the same sale
Trade buyers who win more than one lot at the same Birmingham sale can have every car collected on the same visit rather than arranging separate trips, which is generally the more efficient way to clear a batch of purchases.
What our customers say
“Broke down on the M25 in the third lane with my wife and kids. Andrew pulled up and got us to safety fast. Cannot thank him enough.”
— Jonathan
“Great service, quick arrival within the hour and a good rate compared to most.”
— Ibrahim Suleman
“Excellent service from the emergency call to the lads who picked me up. Professional and respectful.”
— Andrew Chambers
Questions about the London to Birmingham route
How quickly after winning at BCA can a car be collected?
Once the paperwork and payment are cleared with the auction house, we can usually get a driver booked within a day or two, sooner if the job is posted with enough notice for a transporter already running that corridor to pick it up.
Does the price change if the car will not start?
Let us know before the job goes out, since a non-runner needs a transporter fitted with a winch rather than a standard ramp. Flagging it upfront means the price quoted already accounts for the extra handling.
Is the ULEZ charge included when collecting from central London?
The ULEZ charge applies to the collecting vehicle if it does not meet the emissions standard, not to the car being transported. We check this as part of planning the pickup.
Moving cars elsewhere in the country
Other routes our network covers regularly include car transport London to Leeds, Birmingham to London car transport, and Manchester to Birmingham car transport.