Birch
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The Birch car-storage facility near London Gatwick Airport in England.
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Tom Chilton, Birch’s commercial director.
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Birch’s custom-built lift truck transports a Ferrari race car placed on its own steel bed.
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Your car will be connected to a battery charger, which is monitored by an app, so it’s always ready to go.
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A peek inside the actual storage area, where even the owners are not allowed access.
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Each car is lifted to—or lowered from—its berth in one of the long, five-car-high avenues, which are jaw-dropping in their scale.
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Birch is now accepting the first of the 590 cars it will hold at around £100 (about $125) per week, and it has already become the approved storage provider for a major luxury carmaker.
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As for how he would like Birch to be viewed by the collector-car community, Birch’s commercial director, Tom Chilton, is clear. “This will be their vault, their bank.”