Redondo Beach has been drawing people to the coast for more than a century - first as a resort town at the end of the streetcar line, now as one of the South Bay's favorite beach cities, with the pier, the Esplanade, and the harbor keeping weekends full. Cars here live good lives, but salt air, beach traffic, and PCH stop-and-go still take their toll. When they do, Hillside Auto Repair is just minutes away.
Your mechanic around the corner - in Torrance
Our shop sits on Hawthorne Blvd in south Torrance, an easy hop from anywhere in Redondo Beach - close enough that our free 5-mile shuttle covers most of the city. Drop the car, get a ride home or to the beach office, and we'll come get you when it's ready. It's why so many Redondo Beach drivers treat Hillside as their neighborhood shop across the city line.
What Redondo Beach drivers bring us
- Brake wear from PCH and Torrance Blvd stop-and-go - inspections are free, with photos
- Coastal-air battery corrosion and electrical gremlins
- Oil changes with the full digital inspection - the habit that keeps beach cars reliable
- Hybrids of every stripe - a genuine Hillside specialty
- European makes - Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, VW, Volvo - without a dealership trek
Since 1984, the South Bay's honest shop
Digital inspections send photos of what we find straight to your phone, every repair carries a 2-year / 24,000-mile written warranty, and a real person answers the phone starting at 7 AM. That combination has made Hillside the auto repair home for generations of Redondo Beach families.