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Bartels Autocare

Our story

Named for the Street. Built for the City.

A workshop with a street, a mayor and four decades of Adelaide behind its name.

The name

A Mayor, a Street, a Monogram

Bartels Street links Gouger and Wright Streets beside the Adelaide Central Market, named after Adolph Bartels, Mayor of Adelaide from 1871 to 1873. Our workshop stands on that street, and the name belonged to the city long before it belonged to us.

The monogram carries both halves of that story. The Adelaide Town Hall silhouette inside the B honours the city we serve. The road running through it is the journey back onto the road and on with your day.

For 40+ years, it has been one independently owned workshop, and it remains the city’s only dedicated repair centre.

The Bartels Autocare workshop on Bartels Street in daylight, its black facade and service bays open to the footpath

How we work

Three Commitments, Kept for Four Decades

The same assurances stand behind every repair that leaves the floor.

01

Insurance approved

Recognised by all major Australian insurers, with an I-CAR Gold Class certified team on every repair.

02

Genuine parts

Genuine and OEM-approved parts on every repair. We do not cut structural corners to save an hour.

03

Independently owned

No network targets or volume quotas. One workshop, accountable to you rather than a head office.

Why the city

Repairs That Fit Around a Working Day

Drop the car off on the way to the office and collect it on the way home, with no trek out to an industrial estate.

  • Minutes from every city office

  • Replacement vehicles arranged at booking

  • Towing straight to our floor, day or night

  • Wheel repair and refinishing on-site

See the Standard for Yourself.

Send us the damage for a written quote, or start with a closer look at how we repair.