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Outstanding quality of service & customer care

Why choose Coles?

Here at Coles Automotive our garage is fully equipped with the very latest specialist tools ready for our technicians to bring your car back to top working condition, so whether it’s replacement brake pads or a whole new gearbox, our professional team will work quickly and efficiently to remedy the problems.

At Coles we charge reasonable prices and always offer you the option of non-branded parts. We’ll also let you know how long we think your parts will last, we don’t just automatically replace them, we give you trusted advice and let you make a decision.

We make sure you receive great car service, every time

We are dedicated to providing an outstanding quality of service and we have a proven track-record of great customer care, once you’ve come to Coles you will return time after time.

We pride ourselves on giving exceptionally good value and the very best service. Our highly trained technicians have over 175 years combined experience and they use the latest technology and diagnostic equipment to make sure your car is serviced and repaired to the highest, safest standards.
Our unique location inside the South Downs National Park and at the foot of the glorious South Downs gives us the perfect incentive to make the care of our environment a priority at Coles.

We’re doing our best to make sure our garage emissions are as low as possible, by not creating unnecessary waste and recycling everything we can. Garages aren’t known for their environmental friendliness, but at Coles we’re trying to shake that stereotype.

Coles Motorsport
The first love of Alex’s life is off-road racing. This exhilarating and challenging sport has been the driving force to his success and Coles has grown alongside Alex’s off-road career for many years. Alex reached the pinnacle of his success when he was crowned FIA Tout Terrain Champion of France in 2006, the first Englishman to achieve this feat. It was a proud moment when he stood alongside F1 and World Rally Champions at the FIA award ceremony in Paris to collect his trophy, after winning th...
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Coles and the Environment
Coles and the Environment Garages aren’t known for their environmental friendliness, but at Coles we’re trying to shake that stereotype Our unique location inside the South Downs National Park and at the foot of the glorious South Downs gives us the perfect incentive to make the care of our environment a priority at Coles. We’re doing our best to make sure our garage emissions are as low as possible, by not creating unnecessary waste and recycling everything we can. Garages aren’t known for th...
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Coles and the Community
Giving back to our local villages At Coles we are proud to play a part in our local community. We are active sponsors of one of Henfield Football Club’s Youth Teams having supported them for the past eight years with their kit sponsorship. We are pleased to sponsor the biennial Henfield Village Fair and Show as well as the Henfield gardens and arts. Helping local clubs, groups and charities Our links to sports and fitness groups in the village include the sponsorship of Henfield Leisure Cent...
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Meet the Team
A professional team with years of experience The Coles engineers At Coles we believe we have the right balance of experience and technological expertise for any mechanical challenge that comes our way. Our mechanics have either been Coles trained from the beginning of their careers or have come to us from a main agent. We are lucky to have a group of engineers who take enormous pride in their work and will leave no stone unturned until a problem is solved. The Coles Team Many members of the ...
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Our history
Coles – Established 1987 Alex Cole was just 21 when he established Coles Automotive back in 1987, after graduating from engineering college. He benefited greatly from the experience and support of his dad Jim, who had recently retired from a career as a pilot and was an experienced engineer in his own right. Jim’s passion was always for anything mechanical, particularly planes and cars, which was passed on to Alex from a very young age. Coles started small and found a niche market in vintage ca...
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