Flatbed car transport, even for non-runners.
Your car travels loaded, without being driven a single kilometre, with a verified professional. Describe the route: carriers passing near you send you their quotes.
- Verified carriers
- Running or not
- New alert if the carrier cancels
Flatbed, car transporter or driven delivery?
On a flatbed, a recovery truck or a car transporter, your car travels loaded, without being driven: it is the only option for a car that doesn’t run. If it runs, you can also accept a vehicle delivery driver, a professional who drives it to its destination. Learn more about driven delivery
Flatbed or recovery truck
- Cars per journey
- 1, sometimes 2
- Non-running car
- Yes, by winch
- Kilometres on the clock
- None
The most common option for a broken-down car or a direct journey.
Car transporter
- Cars per journey
- Several at once
- Non-running car
- To be confirmed
- Kilometres on the clock
- None
The truck fills up along the way: you may have to wait for a departure.
Driven delivery
- Cars per journey
- 1
- Non-running car
- No
- Kilometres on the clock
- The whole distance
A professional driver, whose driving licence we have checked, drives your car: it must run, be registered, insured and have an up-to-date roadworthiness test.
It doesn’t run? That’s covered.
- Say so in your request. Choose “It doesn’t run” and the handling needed: winch, forklift.
- Describe the access. Narrow street, underground car park, lock-up garage, gate: the carrier sees it from the alert.
- No pointless alerts. Carriers who refuse non-runners don’t receive your request.
A wreck to be scrapped? The approved end-of-life vehicle network collects it free of charge: see how.
On an empty return leg, the price can drop.
A carrier returning empty is making the journey anyway. If your car is on their route, they can offer you a better price.
What makes the price vary: the distance, the detour, a non-running car, access and the date.
In practice
- Step 1: You describe the transportDeparture, arrival, date, running or not. Your account is created at the end.
- Step 2: Carriers on your route are alertedThose with a journey passing near you, empty return legs included.
- Step 3: You compare, then bookPrice, date, reviews and what we have verified. Free, with no obligation.
- Step 4: Collection and deliveryPhotos at collection and at delivery, then you confirm.
Your questions
Is my vehicle insured during transport?
Plateau Libre is not the carrier and does not insure your vehicle: check the cover with the carrier before collection.
A carrier may have public liability insurance and goods in transit insurance. When they have provided the certificates, we verify them along with their validity dates, and they are shown on their quote: “Liability insurance”, “Goods in transit insurance”. Otherwise, nothing is shown.
To receive quotes only from insured carriers, tick “I require a professional carrier who invoices” in your request, then choose the insurance you require: liability insurance, goods in transit insurance or both. Only carriers whose SIRET is verified and who have provided these certificates, once verified, receive it. You can also require the Community licence (compulsory for vehicles over 3.5 t): it is then checked against the transport register.
A private individual carrying goods during their journeys has no professional insurance, and their car insurance does not cover the goods they carry: ask them how your item is covered before handing it over.
How do collection and delivery work?
The carrier takes at least one photo of the vehicle at collection, then at delivery: you see them on your tracking page. Once the vehicle has been collected, the booking can no longer be cancelled.
On delivery, we ask you by email to confirm it, with a reminder after 48 hours. Without a reply from you and with no problem reported, the delivery is confirmed automatically 7 days after that email. Both of you can then leave a review.
How do I pay for the transport?
Directly to the carrier, who invoices you for the transport. On their quote, they state the payment methods they accept (bank transfer, card, PayPal, cheque or cash) and when payment is due: on collection, on delivery, on invoice within 30 days, or a deposit on collection and the balance on delivery.
You see these terms on each quote, before booking. They are repeated on your booking and in the “Booking confirmed” email.
What if the carrier cancels?
Your request goes straight back out to matching carriers, and the other quotes that are still valid can be booked again.
You then book one of those quotes, or a new one, from your tracking page.
Do you transport abroad?
Yes, between France and these countries: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom. The departure or arrival must be in France, except for transport within the United Kingdom (from London to Manchester, for example), whose quotes are in pounds sterling; the foreign city is chosen from the list provided, in the same way as a French town.
In any other case where both the departure and the arrival are outside France, your request is passed on to our team, who will get back to you. For another country, email us at contact@plateau-libre.com.