Classic Car Owners Must Use Expedited Car Delivery Services

Usually there are no safety concerns when it comes to transporting traditional or ordinary vehicles across country. But you certainly cannot compromise on the safety if the car is classic and extra ordinary. Special vehicles need exceptional and expedited services while they are moved to greater distances. For example if you need to move it across the country, driving can be quite daunting for both you and the car. While long drive can be a stressful activity for you, the car may exhaust as well. Therefore, you should avoid driving and choose auto-shipping services of a reliable company.

While you will be traveling via air or train, your car will be in transit to same location where you are moving. However, it requires you to choose expedited services. Transportation of classic or extraordinary car requires express services and special care. For that, you should not forget about following two essential services:

Enclosed Auto Transport Trailers

Without any doubt, open auto carriers are safe and cost effective. However, it is risky when it comes to transporting an extraordinary vehicle such as a convertible car. The vehicle is exposed to open air that means, it can get into roadside dangers. Therefore, to have risk free car shipping, you need advanced transportation mode such as an enclosed auto transport trailer. The car is stored and transported inside a closed container, which prevents it from outside risky factors. Unlike open carriers, enclosed trailers cover car completely which means there would not be any affects of changing climate on vehicle exterior. Even though it is on a little expensive side, but people who know the worth of having a classic car, would always be interested in expedited instead low cost services.

Car Shipping Insurance

Considering their own car insurance, many people ask auto moversto eliminate charges of auto transport insurance. It really reduces cost of shipping car to a considerable level but at the same time, it is equivalent to compromising on safety. Therefore, you should not be committing this mistake while dealing with an auto mover. The car transporters carry a minimum of $50,000 insurance, which is not enough if your car is damaged during transportation. Therefore, to avoid putting your car on risk, you should get your classic car fully insured. Check the automobile transport insurance policy details and regulations to see the type of damages for which your car is covered.

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2012 Exotic Cars - Real Dream Cars

Driving an exotic car changes the way you think of car. An exotic car works better than a contemporary sports car. These cars do not just come straight off to production line. Mostly they start as a manufacturer’s dream and its vision. Following is the list of exotic cars having superb design and high performance:

Aston Martin Virage

It has same almost same features such as V12 engine and design cues as rest of the Aston Martin cars. When it debut first in a car, it was lined up somewhere between DB and DB9. Here are the specs:

•         6.0 liter V12 engine
•         490 bhp horsepower
•         420 lb0ft torque
•         Reaches 0-62 in 4.6 seconds
•         Top speed: 186 mph

Audi R8 GT

Audi R8 GT performs more powerful and even faster from the V10 engine. Its specs are as following:

•         4.2 liter direct injected V8 engine
•         420 horsepower
•         317 ft-lbs of torque
•         All wheel drive along with six speed transmission links
•         Top speed is 187 mph
•         Reaches 0-60 in 4.4 seconds

Ferrari FF

It is the first Ferrari to have four seats and a hatchback, which debuted in 2011 at Geneva Car Show. Here are its specs and stats:

•         6.3 liter direct injected V12 engine
•         651 horsepower
•         504 ft-lbs of torque
•         Goes 0-62 mph in 3.7 seconds
•         Top speed is 208 mph

To me, these are the perfect dream cars having perfect styling and super features that every car enthusiast would love to ride.

Author Bio: 

Christina is car enthusiast and works at auto transport depot (a network of car transport companies). She has written articles and helping tips for readers looking for the best car shipping quote.

Cars Coming Out in 2013

New Year is coming soon, which is why automotive dealers are heading on to several car shows to announce what they would be bringing for enthusiasts in 2013. Numerous cars might be coming out next year but following are worth waiting for:

2013 Jaguar XE 

It has been a long time now automotive enthusiasts are waiting eagerly for this spectacular car. “2013 Jaguar XE is like a two door coupe roadster model,” says CEO of company Carl Peter Forster. Jaguar XE is expected to come with supercharged V6, which might generate up to 350 horsepower. However, possibility of Eco-Boosted 3.5 liter V6 with same horsepower cannot be ruled out. According to CEO, this car can compete other cars such as Lotus Elise, Mercedes Benz, Audi TT, and Chevrolet Corvette. Nothing is said about the price range so far but it might be sold at $60,000.

2013 Aston Martin DB9

The new DB9 version of Aston Martin is coming soon. As compared to Aston Martin’s previous models, new styling plus structuring is carried in DB9 including LED headlights similar to Rapide sedan.  It is expected that 5.9-liter V12 will give power to new Aston DB9, which would produce 470 bhp. Besides, it would probably be available in six speed manual transmission. However, it is indistinct what would be the start price of DB9.

Author Bio:

Christina is car enthusiast working for a network of auto shippers(http://www.autotransportdepot.com/). She has written automobile transport reviews for people to organize their vehicle shipping process in order to have reliable auto shipping services and hassle free ship car experience.

A Tour to Jay Leno’s Garage

Many people may know Jay Leno as a famous standup comedy superstar making thousands of fans laugh in his show “The Tonight Show.” However, he is a celebrity in terms of owning cars, too. He is said to have passion cars. On his site Jay Leno’s Garage, he regularly posts and blogs about all his cool and amazing rides. Here is the list of some extraordinary classic and superb cars inside Jay Leno’s Garage:

FIAT TOPOLINO

It is one among the smallest antique cars that Jay Leno owns. FIAT TOPOLINO can hold only five gallons of fuel at a time. As compared to other antiques, Topolino is slow with top speed of 53 mph. With 569 cc four-cylinder water-cooled engine, it can travel 40 miles per gallon. Even though there are not much of these cars left, Jay Leno’s garage keeps this antique rides of the century.

Stanley Steamer

In the early 1900s, Stanley Steamer became the popular vehicles of that time because their steam power engines take over gasoline. Stanley Steamer is another antique car, which has a long history because of being a royal ride. Though it is not available in automotive industry, but luckily, it is preserved in Leno’s Garage.

McLaren MP4-12C

Last year when McLaren MP4-12C was released, Jay Leno was among the few car enthusiasts who purchased it at its first release. The car has 3.8-liter V-8 and carbon fiber framework, which makes it both functional and stylish.

Besides these, the Jay Leno’s Garage has 2006 Ecojet, Mercedes 300SL. 2007 Ariel Atom, and many others about which you can find out from his site.

Author Bio:

Christina is a writer working for a network of auto transporters in US. She loves writing on cars, auto history, auto transport quotes and reading classic vehicle books, import, export of vehicles as well as how auto transport industry works. She also is secretly a car aficionado.