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Mercedes SLR McLaren and a white coupé on the transporter decks beside the water

Two off the boat

Both cars came off the same ship. They leave on the same truck, to two different addresses.

Black Lamborghini Revuelto under the upper deck of a transporter

Under the top deck

A few centimetres above the roof, measured before loading.

Aston Martin Valour in profile with door open at the foot of the ramp

Door open

Delivered ready to drive, keys handed over in person.

Lancia Delta Integrale coming down the ramps onto cobbles

Down onto cobbles

Cobbles are crossed at walking pace, wheels straight.

Red Ferrari Testarossa in profile, framed by both open sides of the truck

Both sides open

With both sides open the car is inspected before a single strap comes off.

Crew member checking the straps under a transporter deck on an Antwerp quay

Checked before the gate

The last check is made where the truck is loaded, not at the first roundabout.

Multi-deck car transporter outside a dealership building

Press fleet

Several test cars moved together, each returned to its own address.

Enclosed car transporter with ramps deployed, Range Rover aboard

Ramps deployed

Three cars aboard, one comes down at a time.

Yellow Ferrari 488 Pista facing the lowered ramps of an enclosed transporter

Collected in Spain

The car rolls up to the ramps. The crew does the rest.

Red Ferrari Testarossa on the Cinquantenaire cobbles, enclosed transporter at the museum entrance

At the museum door

The truck parks at the entrance. The car covers only the last few metres.

Black Ferrari with a yellow racing stripe on the upper deck, matte black Ferrari below, side doors open

Open along the side

The side opens along its whole length: we check without unloading anything.

Black and green Rimac Nevera on a turntable in a private courtyard

Delivered to the door

It reaches its courtyard without covering a metre on its own wheels.

Red Ferrari numbered 78 on the upper deck, yellow Ferrari 488 Pista numbered 58 below

Two decks, two numbers

Several cars, one load, all taken aboard the same day in Spain.

Yellow-striped black Ferrari on the upper deck seen through the open side door, matte black Ferrari below

Set to the centimetre

The upper deck is set car by car, for height as much as for length.

Red Ferrari on the upper deck, silver Porsche 911 Turbo S on the lower deck

Two marques, one truck

One truck, several cars: each has its own address at both ends.

Red Ferrari on the upper deck and yellow Ferrari 488 Pista below, seen through the open rear doors

When the doors open

When the doors open, everything is where the crew left it.

Storage hall with bays marked on the floor, cars under covers and lifts at the back

The building

A closed building and marked bays: every car has its own place.

Empty storage bays, a car under a cover and a closed race trailer at the back of the hall

Doors shut

Nothing of ours sleeps outside. The shutter closes on what is inside.

Two vintage single-seater racing cars on storage lifts, a rolling chassis underneath

Up on the lifts

The lifts double the floor without a single car touching another.

Green single-seater racing car on a lift, above an electric rolling chassis

Two levels

A racing car above a bare chassis: storage does not pick what it keeps.

Wheel of a Lamborghini under a fitted cover, resting on a tyre protection pad

Under the cover

The tyre rests on a pad. That is what stops it flat-spotting while parked.

Lamborghini fully under a black cover on its bay, other covered cars behind

In its place

Cover on, bay assigned: it does not move again until the day it leaves.

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