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Grand Automotive Service Centre, part of All About Automotives Grand AutomotiveService Centre · Panvel

Panvel Industrial Estate · Over a decade of bodyshop work

16+ insurer approved cashless car accident repair & precision bodyshop.

Skip the insurance paperwork and the dealer waitlist. Grand Automotive is the bodyshop division of All About Automotives — OEM-grade denting, booth-baked painting and surveyor coordination handled from one plot in Panvel, for insured drivers across Navi Mumbai and the Kalyan-Shil corridor. Sixteen insurers have marked us a preferred workshop and we handle cashless claims for seven more.

  • 5.0 for A3 Panvel on Google, our plot
  • 📋 Surveyor coordinated here
  • 🚙 Towing coordinated nationwide
  • 16+Insurer tie-ups, cashless
  • BoothDust-free heated baking
  • OEM/OESSheet metal & parts
  • 5 yearPaint warranty, in writing

What happens next

Four steps, and we do most of them for you.

You do not need to visit an insurance office. We coordinate the survey, the estimate and the repair from here.

  1. Vehicle intake & spot survey

    Drive it in or we arrange recovery. We raise the claim intimation and bring your insurer's surveyor to the car here, so you never queue at an insurance office.

  2. Digital estimate & approval

    We submit the estimate and photographs directly to your insurer. You see what was approved and what was cut, with the reason, before a spanner is lifted.

  3. Precision repair & booth baking

    Hydraulic dent pulling and panel alignment, computerised colour matching to your paint code, then baked in a dust-free heated booth.

  4. Final inspection & handover

    Panel gaps and finish checked against the undamaged side. You settle only your own share — the deductible and depreciation set by your policy and by IRDAI.

What you actually pay — stated plainly

“Cashless” means the insurer settles their approved share directly with us. It does not mean free. You are normally still responsible for:

  • The compulsory deductible set by regulation, plus any voluntary deductible you chose to lower your premium.
  • Depreciation on replaced parts, unless you hold a zero-depreciation add-on — and those add-ons usually cap the number of claims and exclude certain parts.
  • Consumables and anything the surveyor assesses as outside the policy.

We will tell you these numbers before work starts, not after. The claim stays between you and your insurer — we coordinate the survey, the estimate and the repair. We are a repairer, not an insurance intermediary. Cover, excess and approval are your insurer's decision.


Cashless network

Twenty-plus insurers. Sixteen rate us preferred.

If your insurer is on this list, your repair here can be cashless. The sixteen marked preferred have formally rated us a preferred workshop, which is a stronger relationship than simply being able to process a claim. Not sure? Send us a photo of your policy and we will confirm before you commit to anything.

23 insurers shown

  • Acko General Insurance
  • Go Digit
  • Navi General Insurance (COCO)
  • Zuno General Insurance
  • HDFC ERGO
  • SBI General
  • Kotak Mahindra General Insurance
  • IndusInd
  • Tata AIG
  • Bajaj Allianz
  • Future Generali India
  • Royal Sundaram
  • Magma HDI
  • Cholamandalam MS
  • Reliance General
  • The New India Assurance
  • ICICI Lombard
  • National Insurance
  • The Oriental Insurance
  • United India Insurance
  • Liberty General Insurance
  • Shriram General Insurance
  • Universal Sompo

Zuno General Insurance was formerly Edelweiss General Insurance.

Insurer names belong to their respective owners. We list them to show which companies have rated us a preferred workshop. Preferred status and network tie-ups can change, so we always confirm yours before work starts. Cover, excess and approval are your insurer's decision, not ours.

Your insurer is not on this list of twenty-three?

That does not mean we cannot help. We deal with insurers beyond these twenty-three — the sixteen marked preferred have formally rated us a preferred workshop, which is a stronger relationship than simply being able to process a claim. Send us your policy and we will tell you exactly what is possible before you commit.


What we do here

Accident repair, done properly the first time.

Structural and cosmetic repair under one roof, so the car does not travel between three different shops to get finished.

Booth-baked painting

Colour-matched paint cured in a controlled booth, so the finish hardens evenly rather than picking up dust in an open bay.

Panel denting

Panels reshaped and refinished where they can be saved, replaced where they cannot. We tell you which, and why.

Chassis alignment

Structural measurement and correction after an impact, because a car that looks straight is not necessarily straight.

Windshield replacement

Glass replacement and bonding, with the claim handled alongside the rest of the repair rather than as a separate errand.

Electrical & assembly

Lights, sensors, wiring and trim refitted and tested after body repair, so nothing is left rattling or throwing a warning light.

Towing & recovery

Recovery arranged across India, with recovery partners we work with regularly across Maharashtra and the Konkan belt.


Our work

Cars and bays from this workshop.

Photographed at our Panvel premises. Registration plates are masked because they belong to our customers, not to our marketing.

Renault Duster under body repair in a bay at the Grand Automotive bodyshop, Panvel
Body repair in progress
Front quarter view of an SUV being repaired at the Grand Automotive workshop in Panvel
Panel and paint work
Side profile of a repaired SUV at the Grand Automotive bodyshop in Panvel
Finished side profile
Maruti Alto with refinished front bumper at the Grand Automotive service centre, Panvel
Refinished front end
Rear view of a repaired Maruti Alto outside the Grand Automotive workshop in Panvel
Completed and ready for delivery
Parts store and workshop counter inside the Grand Automotive service centre in Panvel
Our parts store
Street frontage of the Grand Automotive Service Centre workshop at Amardham Naka, Panvel
Our workshop, Amardham Naka
Accident-damaged car being repaired in a bay at the Grand Automotive bodyshop, Panvel
Accident repair in progress

If the car cannot be driven

Towing and recovery across India.

We arrange recovery anywhere in the country. In these towns we work with recovery partners regularly, so the wait is usually shorter.

  • Mumbai
  • Pune
  • Navi Mumbai
  • Thane
  • Kalyan
  • Mira-Bhayandar
  • Karjat
  • Khopoli
  • Mangaon
  • Pen
  • Alibaug
  • Shrivardhan
  • Raigad
  • Solapur
  • Satara
  • Lonavala
  • Khandala
  • Uran
  • Ulwe
  • Panvel
  • Dombivli
  • Nashik
  • Bhiwandi
  • Vasai-Virar

Call first if the car is blocking a carriageway or anyone is injured — emergency services come before the workshop, every time.


What is actually on the floor

The equipment is the difference between a repair and a respray.

Panel work is only as good as what it is finished in. This is the kit a claim gets repaired with here.

Climate-controlled down-draft paint booth

Filtered air pulled downward and away from the panel, then heat-cured. That is what stops dust nibs settling into a wet finish, and it is why a booth-baked panel hardens to a factory-comparable gloss instead of curing soft in open air.

Hydraulic dent pulling & chassis straightening

Damage is pulled back along the line it was pushed in, and measured against the undamaged side rather than judged by eye. On structural damage this is the step that decides whether the doors still shut properly in two years.

Computerised colour matching

Mixed to your car's paint code, then sprayed onto a blend card and checked against your panel in daylight before it goes near the car. On older or sun-faded paint a perfect match is not always physically possible — where that is the case we tell you before we start, and we blend into the adjacent panel rather than leave you a hard edge.

Plastic welding & bracket reconstruction

Bumpers and headlight mounting tabs rebuilt rather than replaced where the part is structurally sound. It is the single biggest place a claim gets padded, and rebuilding keeps your depreciation share down instead of pushing a new part you did not need.


Before you drive it to the dealer

What you get here that a dealer bodyshop rarely offers.

These are our own commitments, in writing on your job card. Ask any workshop you are comparing us with for the same four things — the answers are more revealing than a quote.

Our stated commitments. Where another workshop stands is for them to tell you.
What mattersGrand Automotive (A3)What to ask elsewhere
Completion date A date in writing on the job card before work starts, and we call you the moment it moves — a late part or a slow approval, we say so that day. Ask for the date in writing rather than a verbal estimate, and ask what happens to it if a part is back-ordered.
Visibility during repair Photos on WhatsApp at strip-down, after panel work and after paint. You see the car mid-repair, not only at handover. Ask whether you can see the car during the repair, and who you call for an update.
Repair vs replace We rebuild a sound bumper or bracket rather than replace it. Every replaced part increases your depreciation share, so padding the estimate costs you, not the insurer. Ask which parts are being replaced rather than repaired, and what each one adds to your own share.
Your share of the bill Deductible, depreciation and consumables calculated and shown to you before work begins, not totalled at collection. Ask for your out-of-pocket figure in writing before authorising the repair.

We are a repairer, not an insurance intermediary. Cover, excess and approval are your insurer's decision, not ours. What that means.


Straight answers

What people ask after an accident.

Can I get a cashless claim if my policy is from Acko or Go Digit?

Yes. Acko and Go Digit are both on our cashless list, and so are twenty-one others - the full list, and which of them rate us a preferred workshop rather than simply processing a claim, is in the insurer grid on this page. Send us a photo of your policy schedule before you do anything else and we will confirm your specific policy, because network arrangements are set by the insurer and can change without notice to us. If your insurer is not on the list we can still do the repair as a reimbursement claim, and we tell you that up front rather than after the car is stripped.

What documents do I need for an accidental insurance claim?

The policy copy or policy number, the vehicle registration certificate, the driving licence of whoever was driving, and your own photographs of the damage and the scene if you have them. For theft, a total loss, or any accident involving injury or a third party, an FIR is required. We raise the claim intimation, coordinate the surveyor and submit the estimate from here, so you do not need to visit an insurance office. Photograph everything on your phone before the car is moved - it is the cheapest protection against a dispute later.

How much will I have to pay from my own pocket in a cashless claim?

Cashless means the insurer settles their approved share with us directly. It does not mean free. You normally pay the compulsory deductible set by IRDAI - at the time of writing Rs 1,000 for cars up to 1500cc and Rs 2,000 above that - plus any voluntary deductible you chose to lower your premium, depreciation on replaced parts unless you hold a zero-depreciation add-on, consumables, and anything the surveyor assesses as outside your policy. We put those numbers in front of you before work starts, not at handover. We are a repairer, not an insurance intermediary: cover, excess and approval are your insurer's decision.

Do you help with towing if my car cannot be driven?

Yes. Call us before you arrange anything yourself and we will coordinate recovery through independent partners. How long it takes depends on where you are, the road and the traffic, and we tell you what we are being quoted before we dispatch anyone. If anyone is injured or the car is obstructing a carriageway, call the emergency services first - we are a workshop, not an emergency service.

Does insurance cover fibre and glass parts at one hundred per cent?

Glass, normally yes: standard motor depreciation schedules apply nil depreciation to glass, so an approved windscreen or window replacement is usually settled in full. Fibreglass is the opposite - it typically carries a 30 per cent deduction, and plastic, rubber, nylon parts, tyres and batteries typically 50 per cent. Metal parts run on a scale by the age of the car. A zero-depreciation add-on waives most of this, usually with a cap on claims per year and some parts still excluded. Your policy wording governs, so we read yours with you and put your share in writing before we start.

What does cashless actually mean?

It means your insurer settles their approved share of the bill directly with us, so you do not pay the whole repair and wait for reimbursement. You still pay your deductible, any depreciation on replaced parts, consumables, and anything the surveyor assesses as outside your policy.

My insurer is not on your list of twenty-three. Can you still help?

Yes. The sixteen marked preferred have formally rated us a preferred workshop, which is a stronger relationship than simply being able to process a claim. We deal with insurers beyond the twenty-three listed too. Send us your policy and we will tell you exactly what is possible before you commit to anything.

Do I have to visit my insurance office?

In most cashless cases you do not. We coordinate the surveyor visit, submit the estimate and deal with the approvals from here. If your insurer does require something directly from you, we will tell you exactly what and when.

How long will the repair take?

It depends on the damage, on parts availability and on how quickly your insurer approves the estimate — the last of those is outside our control. We give you a date once the survey is done, and if it moves you hear it from us rather than finding out on the day.

Will the paint match the rest of the car?

Colour is matched to your car's paint code and blended into adjacent panels where the repair needs it, then baked in a controlled booth. On older cars with sun-faded paint we will tell you honestly if a perfect match is not achievable on a single panel.

How much will I have to pay out of my own pocket?

Three things usually, and we will put numbers to them before work starts. The compulsory deductible is fixed by regulation - at the time of writing Rs 1,000 for cars up to 1500cc and Rs 2,000 above that, and your policy schedule states yours - plus any voluntary deductible you chose to lower your premium. Then depreciation on replaced parts, unless you hold a zero-depreciation add-on. Then consumables and anything the surveyor assesses as outside your policy. Your exact figures depend on your policy, so we read it with you rather than guess.

Will claiming cost me my No Claim Bonus?

Usually yes. No Claim Bonus builds up for each claim-free year and is typically worth 20 to 50 per cent off your own-damage premium, and making an own-damage claim normally resets it to zero at renewal. For a small repair, the bonus you lose plus your deductible can add up to more than the repair itself. We will show you the repair cost so you can do that sum before you decide, and we are equally happy to do the job as a straightforward paid repair. This is general information about how motor policies usually work, not advice on your policy: we are a repairer, not an insurance intermediary.

What happens if the car is declared a total loss?

Insurers generally treat a car as a total loss when the estimated repair cost passes roughly 75 per cent of its Insured Declared Value. At that point the claim is settled in cash rather than by repair, usually at IDV less the salvage value if you keep the wreck. That call belongs to your insurer and their surveyor, not to us. What we can do is give an honest estimate early, so you find out before the car sits here for weeks.

What documents should I bring?

Your policy document or number, the vehicle registration certificate, and the driving licence of whoever was driving. For a theft claim or where someone was injured, your insurer will also want the police report. Photographs of the damage and of the scene help, so take them before the car is moved if it is safe to do so. If something is missing we will tell you exactly what to get rather than let the claim stall quietly.

Do I need to file an FIR?

It depends on what happened. Minor own-damage with nobody hurt often does not need one, but theft, injury to any person, or damage to someone else's property usually does, and your insurer may require it before settling. The police and your insurer decide that, not us. If you are unsure, call your insurer before you move the car.

Is Grand Automotive the same company as A3?

Grand Automotive Service Centre is the dedicated bodyshop division of All About Automotives, operating from the Panvel premises. Same ownership, same standards. Both A3 studios also handle accident and cashless insurance work, and a dedicated bodyshop setup for Dombivli is on the way.

Can I claim if the car was damaged while parked?

Usually yes, under own-damage cover, but whether it is worth claiming depends on your deductible and on the no-claim bonus you would lose. We will help you work out whether claiming or paying directly leaves you better off — the decision is yours. This is general information about how motor policies usually work, not advice on your policy: we are a repairer, not an insurance intermediary.


Visit the bodyshop

Amardham Naka, Sector 15, Panvel.

Mon–Sat 10:00–20:00 · emergency towing coordination by phone

Part of All About Automotives

Grand Automotive is our dedicated bodyshop division. Both A3 studios do the full range — detailing, accessories and mechanical servicing — and both support accident work.

Dombivli handles accident and cashless work too, and has its own paint booth. Which premises does a given repair is decided case by case on workload and parts availability.

  • Monday to Saturday
  • Sunday Closed · emergency towing coordination by phone
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