About Us

My name is Tony Bartel, and I am the founder and president of Dealers Choice. I graduated from The Ohio State University and spent eight years working in medical sales before returning to my true passion: automobiles. I started the company in 1996 as a mobile service to area car dealers, repairing minor damage on their inventory. I opened our first retail location two years later, pioneering the services of minor body and paint damage, as well as paintless dent removal, to the public. Since that time, I have opened shops in Cincinnati, as well as two locations in southern California.

This business has been in my blood for a very long time. I repaired and refinished my first car when I was 12 years old and spent my high school years painting cars in my parents’ garage. During college, I worked for a body shop in Columbus doing restoration work and painting. My attention to detail and quality made it an ideal fit, and I could see the results of my work in each vehicle I repaired. Since that time, I have fed my passion to take something that was damaged and make it look new again. I love the gratification that I feel looking at the finished product every time since.