2,020 miles · 5 to 8 day transit
Car Shipping from
Los Angeles to Nashville
Ship a car from California to Tennessee: about 2,020 miles on I-40 East, 5 to 8 days in transit, with your rate set on the call.
Call to ship
Los Angeles to Nashville
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Route overview
Most of this trip is a single interstate. The truck climbs out of the LA basin to Barstow, where I-40 East begins, and stays on it through Needles, Flagstaff, Albuquerque, Amarillo, Oklahoma City, Little Rock and Memphis to Nashville.
Cajon Pass, the climb out of the basin, can hold things up before the trip really starts. Santa Ana winds in the fall bring high-wind warnings for tall trucks there, and a winter storm now and then drops snow on the summit. Those delays tend to be short.
Pickup windows in Los Angeles often open early, because drivers try to load before traffic builds. Have the car out of the garage, the keys in hand and your phone on, so the truck isn’t kept waiting on the street.
Distance
~2,020 miles via I-40 East
Transit
5 to 8 days after pickup
Typical rate
$950 to $1,350 for a sedan on an open carrier*
*Price ranges are planning estimates for a sedan on an open carrier. The actual rate is set on the call, based on your dates, the vehicle and carrier availability on this route.
The Los Angeles pickup starts with a walk-around inspection, and the same check happens at delivery; the Bill of Lading guide explains what you sign at each end.
Planning this corridor
Guides for a move of this type
- What Car Shipping Across the Country Costs Typical coast-to-coast car shipping ranges, what a written quote should include, and the charges that move the price: winch loading, oversize and storage.
- How Car Shipping Works: Broker vs Carrier From your call to the delivery signature: who handles each step, and why pickup and delivery come as windows rather than appointments.
- What to Get in Writing Before Pickup Day The quote details, carrier and driver contact, pickup window and delivery plan to have in writing before your car is loaded, and what to keep after.
FAQs
California to Tennessee: what pushes the price up most?
Can the car be dropped in Memphis or Knoxville instead?
My new home is outside Nashville. Can the truck deliver there?
Ship Los Angeles to Nashville
Have both ZIP codes and the vehicle details ready, and this run gets priced on the call.