About Us

Ken and Alan Hutton established their first garage at Copmanthorpe, near York, back in the late 1950’s, having literally built the garage themselves. Having held franchises for a number of different manufacturers including Fiat and Mercedes Benz Ken and Alan recognised the qualities being shown by a relative newcomer to the UK – Volvo.

Even then Volvo offered an excellent blend of value for money and quality. As the chief mechanic Alan’s engineering background recognised those little extra touches that differentiated Volvo from the crowd. In fact, at that time, some cars were well past their best after as few as 40,000 miles. Volvos from that era are, with a little TLC, still on the road today!

Having established the Volvo marque in the York area over a period of decades, Ken and Alan decided to sell up and go into semi-retirement. After a very short time, however, the itch re-started and they established an independent garage and specialised in selling, repairing and servicing used Volvos and Hutton Bros, as we now know it, was born.

Our garage at Shipton by Beningbrough is run with the same enthusiasm and dedication to customer care that Hutton Bros have always strived for. This attention to detail and no-nonsense approach has meant that we have been graced with many loyal customers, some of which have dealt with us for over 40 years!

Following the retirement of both Ken and Alan Hutton Bros has, for the last 20 years or so, been run by Ken’s daughter Linda Harris and more recently with Linda's daughter Natalie and her husband James.

We appreciate that most garages talk a lot about customer care and we only ask that, if you are considering a Volvo as your next purchase, perhaps take a trip up to Hutton Bros at Shipton by Beningbrough where, even if you don’t buy a car from us, you’ll be glad you called in for some old-fashioned, straight forward advice. We offer all of the services any Volvo main dealer can provide, but with only £75 per hour labour rate we can be significantly less expensive.

All vehicles offered by Hutton Bros are prepared to the very highest standard, including Volvo Manufacturer Diagnostic Check, full 12 months MOT with no advisories, service where required including Cambelt changes where necessary, 6 Months Comprehensive Warranty and 12 months AA breakdown cover. Full finance facilities available and part exchange welcome.

We are celebrating our 60th year trading in 2019 and look forward to many more years of specialist service.