About Us

About us

We are based in Fulford, just one mile from the centre of York and a 15 minute stroll by the riverside from York City Centre.

Our aim is to help people continue to enjoy Volvo’s for many years and generations to come.

Set up by Joe Dyrdal with wife Margaret in 1969, the garage quickly became known for its superior customer service and dedication to making customers happy with great value and trustworthy cars.

After many years of building the garage up into one of the most respected in the area, Joe transferred the business to his son and daughter, Paul and Julia, who took the business to the next level with a much needed extension to the original building enabling increased sales.

In current times Joe is still in the business and daughter Angela has also joined, along with Howard Cram.  Howard was an apprentice with us in his early teens and went on to become the UK’s youngest Master Volvo Technician. After working at Ray Chapman Motors as Master Technician, Howard joined us here at Dyrdal’s in 2024 to help us on to our next chapter and so far has opened up an in house MOT centre as well as more main dealer services from our small family run garage.

So, there have been a few changes over the years but at our core we are still small enough to know and care about our customers.

We hope we can look forward to welcoming you.