Worli's Independent Multi-Brand Workshop Since 1996
Luxury cars and everyday cars, under one roof — the same workshop, the same team, the same standard.
Why we exist
De' KaarNexus was founded in 1996 by Anil Chatlani, around a straightforward observation: Mumbai had authorised dealer service centres, and it had neighbourhood garages, but very little in between. Owners of good cars were choosing between a facility with the right equipment and no personal relationship, and a relationship with no equipment.
De' KaarNexus exists to be both — a properly equipped workshop with an oven-baked paint booth, diagnostic capability and a 20-strong team, run by people who know each customer and each car personally. Thirty years on, more than 80% of our customers have been here before.
Anil Chatlani remains personally involved in the business, and the thing the workshop is proudest of is unchanged: the level of personal care in every single car that comes through the gate.
The facility
- Size
- Approximately 5,000 sq ft
- Location
- Worli, South Mumbai — one site, no satellite branches
- Team
- 20 people — 4 technicians, 4 body, 4 paint, 2 detailers, 2 service advisors, 4 office and admin
- Capacity
- 20 cars in the workshop at a time
- Paint booth
- Our own oven-baked booth on site
- Paint systems
- Standox and Glasurit — two premium European refinish systems
- Diagnostics
- Diagzone Pro multi-brand diagnostic platform
- Parking
- Covered, secure overnight parking on site
Who we look after
Owners of luxury and premium cars
Often out of the manufacturer warranty period, looking for a workshop that can handle a German or British car properly without dealer overheads.
Owners of mass-market cars
The same standard of work and the same personal attention, applied to a hatchback or a family sedan.
Worli and South Mumbai residents
Worli, Lower Parel, Prabhadevi and the rest of South Mumbai, for whom we are simply the nearest capable workshop.
Corporate fleets
Companies running vehicles on maintenance contracts.
Dealers and the trade
Preparation and repair work for the trade.
Expatriates and long-term visitors
People who need a workshop they can trust without a network of local recommendations.
Compared with a dealer service centre
- A materially lower cost base than a franchised dealership, and that difference reaches you.
- No appointment queue measured in weeks, and no service advisor who has never seen your car before.
- Personal involvement in every car that comes through the gate. Someone here knows your car, and knows you.
Compared with a local garage
- Written estimates before work starts, old parts returned, job card history kept, and nothing done that was not approved.
- Proper equipment, proper procedure, proper parts. We decline work we cannot do correctly rather than improvise on a car that has to carry a family.
- An oven-baked paint booth, a 20-person team, and a 6-month warranty on our work — not a handshake.
We are an independent workshop. We are not an authorised or official service centre for any manufacturer, and we do not claim to be — that independence is the point.