New Hampshire Auto Transport: Rates by Vehicle and Route

Looking for auto transport in New Hampshire? What car shipping in New Hampshire costs depends on the route, the vehicle and whether it runs. We ran real quotes from our platform for thirty-two New Hampshire lanes around Manchester, Nashua and Portsmouth, from a 54-mile hop between Boston and Manchester to a 2,982-mile haul between Los Angeles and Manchester, and an open-trailer sedan ranged from $150 to $1,708. Here is what New Hampshire auto transport costs by vehicle type and route, including car shipping from Manchester to Boston, New York, Orlando, Chicago and Los Angeles, how the price changes by direction, how snowbirds, winter storms and spring mud season change the picture, and the registration, inspection and insurance rules if you are moving here. Every price is door to door, and you can read how that works in our door-to-door auto transport guide.

What it costs to ship a car to or from New Hampshire

Whether you need an auto transport service in New Hampshire for a move, a purchase or a dealer transfer, every figure below is a real quote from our platform for one vehicle on an open trailer, running, priced separately for each vehicle type. All lanes were priced on October 25, 2026. Manchester stands in for central and southern New Hampshire, Nashua for the Massachusetts border towns and Portsmouth for the Seacoast, and each lane is labeled by its actual cities. Most moves are quoted in both directions, so you can see what changes when the car is arriving in New Hampshire or leaving it. New Hampshire is a small state with most of its people in the south, so a pickup near Manchester, Nashua or Portsmouth is the easy case, and the White Mountains and North Country are served from the same lanes.

Distances are the road miles in each quote, and prices are in dollars. The price per mile falls fast as the trip gets longer, from $2.80 a mile on Boston → Manchester to $0.55 on Dallas → Manchester. Pickups cost a median of 39% more than a sedan on these lanes and vans a median of 49% more, while an SUV was priced below the sedan on 6 of 32 lanes. Treat these as a guide, and get a live quote for your exact pickup and delivery points.

How the price per mile changes with distance

Distance is the biggest driver, but the price per mile falls as the trip gets longer. For a sedan it ran $1.17–$2.80 per mile under 450 miles and $0.55–$0.93 per mile at 1,000 miles or more. A short run costs more per mile because the driver still has to load, unload and reposition the truck whether the trip is 54 miles or 1,000. Boston to Manchester is 54 miles and cost $151, or $2.80 a mile, while Los Angeles to Manchester is about 55 times as far but only 11 times the price.

Pickups and vans cost more than sedans

A pickup cost a median of 39% more than a sedan on the same lane, from 1% less to 149% more, and a van a median of 49% more. An SUV was priced within a median of 9% of the sedan and was cheaper on 6 of 32. New Hampshire has plenty of pickups and work vans, so if you are shipping one, check the pickup and van columns for your route, and dually trucks, lifted vehicles and box trucks need a quote of their own. Our pickup truck shipping guide has the details.

Popular New Hampshire car shipping routes

Manchester to Boston, New York and Philadelphia

Southern New Hampshire sits on the Boston end of the Northeast corridor, and I-93 and I-95 make Boston, New York and Philadelphia the shortest and busiest lanes. Boston: a sedan was $150 leaving Manchester (55 mi) and $151 into Manchester; New York: a sedan was $358 leaving Manchester (251 mi) and $434 into Manchester; Philadelphia: a sedan was $403 leaving Manchester (344 mi) and $414 into Manchester.

Manchester to Washington, DC and Charlotte

Trucks head south on I-95 through Connecticut and New Jersey to Washington, DC, and on to the Carolinas. Washington, DC: a sedan was $575 leaving Manchester (478 mi) and $539 into Manchester; Charlotte: a sedan was $917 leaving Manchester (921 mi) and $861 into Manchester.

Manchester to Orlando and Miami

Florida is the classic winter destination from New England, and I-95 is the road. Our Florida guide covers the other end of these lanes. Orlando: a sedan was $1,091 leaving Manchester (1,331 mi) and $822 into Manchester; Miami: a sedan was $1,208 leaving Manchester (1,536 mi) and $904 into Manchester.

Nashua to Tampa and Atlanta

Nashua is the last New Hampshire city before Massachusetts on US-3 and the Everett Turnpike, and its lanes run to Tampa and the Southeast. Tampa: a sedan was $1,216 leaving Nashua (1,373 mi) and $1,038 into Nashua; Atlanta: a sedan was $1,063 leaving Nashua (1,141 mi) and $809 into Nashua.

Portsmouth to New York and Orlando

The Seacoast ships on I-95 south through Massachusetts to New York and on to Florida. New York: a sedan was $499 leaving Portsmouth, NH (268 mi) and $522 into Portsmouth, NH; Orlando: a sedan was $1,137 leaving Portsmouth, NH (1,348 mi) and $839 into Portsmouth, NH.

Manchester to Chicago, Dallas and Denver

Going west means I-90 and I-80 to the Midwest and on to the Plains and Texas. Chicago: a sedan was $990 leaving Manchester (966 mi) and $899 into Manchester; Dallas: a sedan was $1,237 leaving Manchester (1,825 mi) and $1,000 into Manchester; Denver: a sedan was $1,488 leaving Manchester (1,953 mi) and $1,107 into Manchester.

Manchester to Phoenix and Los Angeles

These are the longest lanes in our data and the cheapest per mile, which suits the retirees, college students and military families who move cars across the country. Phoenix: a sedan was $1,580 leaving Manchester (2,628 mi) and $1,518 into Manchester; Los Angeles: a sedan was $1,682 leaving Manchester (2,969 mi) and $1,708 into Manchester.

Inside New Hampshire and across the border

New Hampshire is about 180 miles from the Massachusetts line to the Canadian border, so trips inside the state are short and are served from the same lanes: Concord, Dover, Rochester, Keene and Laconia from Manchester, Nashua and Portsmouth, and the White Mountains and North Country on I-93 and US-3. Our Massachusetts, Maine and Connecticut guides cover the neighboring lanes.

Does direction change the price?

We quoted sixteen corridors both ways from Manchester, Nashua and Portsmouth:

A sedan leaving Manchester, Nashua or Portsmouth cost more than the same trip arriving on 11 of the 16 corridors: Portsmouth, NH to Orlando 36% higher ($1,137 vs. $839), Manchester to Denver 34% higher ($1,488 vs. $1,107), Manchester to Miami 34% higher ($1,208 vs. $904), Manchester to Orlando 33% higher ($1,091 vs. $822). Arriving at the hub cost more on 2: New York to Manchester 21% higher ($434 vs. $358), New York to Portsmouth, NH 5% higher ($522 vs. $499). About the same both ways: Manchester and Boston, Manchester and Philadelphia, Manchester and Los Angeles. The price follows how many cars are moving each way on that lane, so if you can ship in either direction, or can drive one way and ship the other, check both. We measured this across our whole dataset in our study of 287 lanes priced both ways.

Did you know?From 32 real New Hampshire lanes and five delivered jobs

1. +21% more into a New Hampshire hub

   New York to Manchester cost 21% more than Manchester to New York

   A sedan was $434 into Manchester against $358 going the other way on about 251 miles.

2. +36% more out of a New Hampshire hub

   Portsmouth, NH to Orlando cost 36% more than Orlando to Portsmouth, NH

   A sedan was $1,137 leaving Portsmouth, NH against $839 coming in on about 1,348 miles.

3. $2.80 a mile, on a short lane

   A short lane cost the most per mile: $2.80 vs. $0.55

   A sedan from Boston to Manchester (54 miles) was $151. Dallas to Manchester (1,823 miles) was $1,000.

4. 6 of 32 lanes where the SUV beat the sedan

   On 6 of 32 lanes the SUV was priced below the sedan

   Size does not always cost more. Pickups, on the other hand, were a median of 39% above the sedan.

5. 32 real lanes, 4 vehicle types

   32 real New Hampshire lanes, priced for four vehicle types

   From a 54-mile hop to Boston to a 2,982-mile haul.

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Recent jobs out of New Hampshire

These are jobs that started in New Hampshire, taken from the signed bills of lading and the pickup and delivery photos the driver filed. Customer names, street addresses, VINs and plates are left out, and the photos are blurred where needed. Dates are the signature dates on the bills of lading and miles are our approximation. One of the five orders is from 2025, so that date includes the year. Treat these as examples, not promises.

Six cars on five orders. Four of the five were delivered within four days, and two were same-day runs: the Cuda and Camaro rode together, and the box van was a short rental-fleet transfer into Massachusetts. The Cuda and Street Glide are the kind of vehicles many owners ship enclosed, which adds about 75% on our platform, the S90 shows a cross-country sedan taking a week, and the two cars on one order show how a carrier can load more than one vehicle from the same address. The Harley is priced as a motorcycle, so ask for a quote instead of using the sedan table.

Inoperable and enclosed vehicles: what they add

On our platform an inoperable vehicle adds about 25% to the open-trailer price (a median of about $190 for a sedan in our tests), because the driver needs a winch and extra loading time, and enclosed transport adds about 75%, because enclosed trailers carry fewer cars. For example, a sedan quoted at $1,091 open from Manchester to Orlando works out to about $1,909 enclosed, or about $2,387 if it also does not run. Collector cars, motorcycles and high-value vehicles are usually shipped enclosed, which many owners choose for road salt, winter slush and hail. See our inoperable vehicle guide and our classic car transport guide for details.

Snowbirds, winter storms, mud season and when to ship

A few patterns recur in New Hampshire car shipping. These are general industry experience and the state’s own calendar, not our quote data, so compare a live quote for your date:

• Snowbirds. Many New England retirees spend the winter in Florida and ship a second car south in the fall, with the return trip in April and May. Our Orlando, Miami and Tampa lanes above are the ones to compare, and our Florida guide covers that end.
• Winter storms. Nor’easters, ice and road salt can slow pickups and close roads, and the White Mountains see the worst of it, so keep your window flexible from December through March. Owners of newer, collector or electric vehicles often choose enclosed transport and indoor storage for the winter.
• Spring mud season. Dirt roads soften as the frost leaves in March and April, and heavy trucks can have trouble on rural side roads, so a pickup there may need a meeting point on a paved road.
• Relocations from Massachusetts and beyond. New Hampshire has no general sales tax and no state tax on wages, and Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York movers drive many arrivals, some shipping a second car instead of driving two.
• Summer and fall second homes. Lake Winnipesaukee, the Seacoast and the White Mountains fill with seasonal residents and visitors, and owners ship cars in for the summer or for leaf season and out again afterwards.
• Motorcycle Week and events. The Laconia area hosts a big motorcycle event each June, and race weekends at the speedway in Loudon draw crowds, so book early around those dates, and see the Street Glide job above for a bike that shipped from Manchester to Florida.
• Military and Guard moves. Pease Air National Guard Base near Portsmouth and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard just across the river in Kittery, Maine bring moves in and out through the year. Ask your carrier how gate access will work and consider meeting the driver outside the gate. Active-duty members can ask about our military discount.
• Students. Move-in in late August and move-out in May matter at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, Dartmouth in Hanover, Keene State, Plymouth State and Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester.

A flexible pickup window of a few days usually gets a faster carrier match, and booking a few weeks ahead matters more in winter, over holidays and in snowbird season.

Distance, transit time and the main corridors

New Hampshire’s traffic runs on a few roads:

• I-93 runs north from Boston through Salem, Manchester and Concord and on into the White Mountains, and is the state’s main artery, with I-293 and the F.E. Everett Turnpike linking Manchester and Nashua.
• I-95 clips the Seacoast for a short stretch through Portsmouth and Seabrook, and the Spaulding Turnpike runs from Portsmouth to Dover and Rochester.
• I-89 connects Concord to Vermont and the Upper Valley, and NH-101 crosses the south from Keene to the Seacoast through Manchester.
• Rural and mountain roads. Outside the I-93 and I-95 corridors, roads are narrow and winding, and a full-size car carrier may not be able to reach a pickup on a steep dirt road or in a tight village center, so be ready to meet the driver at a nearby lot.

Typical open-trailer transit is about 1 to 2 days for trips under 450 miles, 2 to 4 days for 500 to 900 miles, 3 to 6 days for 1,000 to 1,500 miles and 6 to 9 days coast to coast, and a winter storm can add a day. Those are industry-typical ranges rather than guarantees, and the clock starts when a driver picks the car up, not when you book.

Moving to New Hampshire: registration, inspection and insurance

If you are moving to New Hampshire, the car arrives before the paperwork starts. These are the rules we found on town clerk pages, the NH DMV and insurance guides, as search excerpts, so confirm each item with your town clerk or the DMV before you go:

• Registration. Most New Hampshire town clerk pages we found say new residents have 60 days to get a New Hampshire license and register their vehicles, and one town page said 30, so use 30 as the safer assumption and ask your own clerk. Registration usually starts at the town or city clerk, where you pay the local permit fee, and is completed with the state. Official information is at dmv.nh.gov.
• What to bring. Town pages typically ask for ID, proof of residency, the out-of-state title (or the lienholder’s name and address if a lender holds it) and your current registration, and fees depend on the vehicle’s weight and list price, so use your clerk’s own fee estimate rather than a third-party one.
• Inspection. New Hampshire has required a safety inspection within 10 days of registration, with annual re-inspection and an on-board-diagnostics test for 1996 and newer vehicles. We also found reports that the 2026 state budget repealed mandatory annual inspections for most passenger vehicles, with a court challenge making the current status unclear, so check the inspection page at dmv.nh.gov or ask your town clerk before you assume either way.
• Insurance. Sources we found say New Hampshire is unusual in not requiring most drivers to buy auto liability insurance, relying instead on a financial responsibility law, and give $25,000 per person, $50,000 per accident and $25,000 for property damage as the limits if you do buy a policy. Sources conflict on the details, so confirm with the NH Insurance Department or your insurer, and most lenders and leases still require coverage.
• Buying here and shipping home. New Hampshire has no general sales tax, but your home state’s DMV decides what tax you owe when you register the car there, so ask it before you buy.

Rules and fees change, so confirm each item with your town clerk or the DMV before you go. Our moving-to-New-Hampshire tip: ship the car to arrive when you can get to the clerk’s office with your documents, so the registration clock does not run out while the car is on a truck.

Manchester, Nashua, Portsmouth and the rest of New Hampshire

• Manchester. The state’s largest city sits on I-93 and I-293 about 55 miles north of Boston, near Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, and has dealer, relocation, student and snowbird moves. It is the hub for most of our lanes.
• Nashua and the southern border. Nashua, Salem, Londonderry and Derry sit on I-93, US-3 and the Everett Turnpike next to Massachusetts and ship like Boston suburbs, as the box-van job above shows.
• Portsmouth and the Seacoast. Portsmouth, Dover, Exeter and Hampton on I-95 and the Spaulding Turnpike ship south through Massachusetts, with military, tourism and second-home moves.
• Concord and the Lakes Region. The capital on I-93 and I-89, and Laconia, Meredith and Wolfeboro around Lake Winnipesaukee, have seasonal-resident and motorcycle-week moves.
• The White Mountains and North Country. Conway, North Conway, Lincoln and Littleton on I-93 and NH-16 have resort, ski and second-home moves, with winter weather and mountain roads.
• Keene, the Monadnock region and the Upper Valley. Keene and Peterborough in the southwest and Hanover and Lebanon on I-89 and I-91 have college and hospital moves, and Vermont and Massachusetts carriers also serve them.

Dealerships and auctions in New Hampshire

Dealers and auction yards are some of the most common pickup and delivery points for car carriers, and they are commercial addresses where a full-size trailer can usually reach. There is no single official ranking of New Hampshire dealerships, so these are examples drawn from company listings rather than a top-ten list. For the full picture of auction pickups, see our auction and dealer car shipping guide.

Auction yards

• Candia — Copart’s own page lists a yard at 134 Raymond Road in Candia, about 15 miles from Manchester, and a third-party directory lists weekly Tuesday sales. We did not find an IAA or Manheim yard in New Hampshire.
• Nearby states — buyers in New Hampshire often use yards across the border in Massachusetts and Maine, which are covered in our Massachusetts and Maine guides.
• Verify first — these addresses come from a mix of official pages and directories, so confirm each on the company’s own location page before the driver arrives.
• After storms and collisions — Copart and other auctions sell salvage vehicles that often do not run, so price those as inoperable.

Each yard has its own release and gate-pass rules, so confirm them before the driver arrives. Auction locations change and some entries are years old, so check each company’s own location finder. Dealers shipping cars to out-of-state buyers, and buyers having a car delivered to their New Hampshire home, are both common, and the same open, enclosed and inoperable pricing above applies.

How to choose a car shipping company in New Hampshire

Searches for auto transport companies in New Hampshire find long lists of names, but there is no official ranking, and the right company is the one that is licensed, insured and clear about price. Check these before you book with anyone:

• Look up the company’s federal registration. Every interstate auto transporter or broker needs a USDOT number and operating authority. You can check them on the FMCSA company snapshot and the FMCSA licensing and insurance search.
• Know whether you are dealing with a broker or a carrier. A carrier owns the trucks. A broker or marketplace like Transportli matches your car with a vetted carrier on your lane and shows you the price up front.
• Ask what the quote includes. Our quotes are for one vehicle on an open trailer, and inoperable and enclosed are priced as adjustments, as shown above. Be wary of a price far below the others, because it may not find a driver.
• Understand the pickup window. Carriers give a window, not an exact time, and a flexible window of a few days usually gets a faster match.
• Document the car. The bill of lading is the condition report, so take dated photos at pickup and delivery and note any damage before you sign.

Preparing your car for pickup

1. Wash the car and photograph it from every side, inside and out, with the date on.
2. Leave about a quarter tank of fuel and check for leaks, since carriers may refuse a car that leaks fluid.
3. Remove personal items and toll tags. Carriers generally do not insure belongings left in the car, and any toll transponder should come off before pickup.
4. In winter, clear the ice and snow and check the road conditions for your route and keep the car where a truck can reach it, and tell the carrier if a storm may delay the pickup.
5. Fold or secure mirrors, antennas and racks and tell the carrier about anything unusual: a lowered car, a lift kit, a roof rack or a car that does not run.
6. Plan the handoff. A large truck cannot always reach a narrow village street or a steep dirt road, so be ready to meet the driver at a nearby lot, and make sure someone can inspect and sign the bill of lading at both ends.

Our auto transport guide has the full checklist.

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