About Us
Honesty, Integrity, and Respect
It is our mission at Community Automotive to delight our customers with automotive expertise, excellent service, and thorough communication as we partner with them in the caring of their automotive related needs. We're sure you'll feel immediately comfortable and welcome with our experts!
Vehicle Specialists
Our specialties are minor and major repairs and factory scheduled maintenance on imported vehicles. Some examples of the cars and trucks we routinely work on include but are not limited to Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes, Mini, Porsche, Saab, Subaru, Volkswagon, Volvo, Honda, and Toyota. While we specialize in import makes and they make up a majority of the vehicles we see in our service bays, we also work on classic domestics and specialty vehicles.
ASE Certified
Our ASE certified technicians have over 150 years of combined experience. Each completes 40+ hours of additional training annually.
Locally Focused
We have been serving Grand Rapids customers since 1975. We are a locally owned business that partners with neighboring charitable organizations to build a better community.
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Strong Relationships
We treat our customers like family, getting to know you as well as we know your vehicle and building relationsips that span multiple generations.
Environmentally Friendly
We are proud to be one of Michigan’s few LEED-certified repair shops.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Our History
Community Automotive Repair was birthed out of a faith-based group formerly referred to as "The Community" in 1975. The original owner, Richard Zaagman, repaired vehicles owned by members of The Community in the early 1970's, growing his support and skills. Members of this group became the first Community Automotive Repair employees, motivated by a collective agreement to trade their time for minimum wages, so most business profits could be poured back into the local neighborhood.
More specifically, it was important to those in The Community to care for families who had the greatest need. Those with the shared vision and mission came together to make Community Automotive Repair the successful shop it is today! And although The Community does not exist as it did decades ago, their efforts to transform a backyard garage into an 8-bay Bosch Authorized Service Center are evident in our success. We now operate with 12 bays.
