Dutton Garage

Dutton Garage is Melbourne's iconic classic and exotic car showroom, the collectable arm of Dutton Group, a Melbourne motor name that goes back to 1911, at 41 Madden Grove in Richmond near Burnley station. It is a dealer floor that behaves like a gallery. The building is an 1860 warehouse, one of the dark stone buildings Melbourne was built from in the gold rush years, restored and refitted by architect Karl Fender, and it carries pieces of the city inside it: stained glass rescued from the Members' Stand at the MCG and columns salvaged from the original Myer department store. The room frames the cars the way a museum would.

What is on the floor is stock for sale and it turns over, so you go to see what is there rather than any one car. The category is consistent: air cooled and modern Porsches, Ferraris, prestige and classic European metal, American muscle, race cars prepared for Targa and historic events, and motorsport art. Visitors describe around fifteen cars on the floor at a time with Porsches and Ferraris in the centre of the room; read that as the pattern, not the inventory. Whether a car is Dutton's own or on consignment is not published, and prices are the dealer's business.

The building also holds a cafe, offices and a test drive bay in its newer section, and below it the workshop, staffed by former Formula One mechanics who restore and prepare race cars and run drive coaching. It is free to walk in Monday to Saturday, and it is one of the better places in Australia to read what the local collector market loves: a mix of imports from Japan, Europe and the United States beside the home grown Fords and Holdens.

A walk in dealer showroom in a landmark building; the room is the constant, the cars change.

• Expect Porsches, Ferraris, European classics, American muscle and prepared race cars for sale; never a specific car, the floor turns over as stock sells.
• The building itself: an 1860 warehouse with Karl Fender's fit out, stained glass from the MCG Members' Stand and columns from the original Myer store, worth a lap before you look at a car.
• Walk in during hours; visitors report a welcome without a sales push and photos allowed, but ask first.
• A cafe in the newer wing, and the ex F1 workshop below where race cars are prepared.
• Allow 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on how much you read the placards.
• Sell My Car and global sourcing if you are in the market; otherwise browse.

• Open Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm, Saturday 8am to 2pm, closed Sunday. Phone 03 9419 8080.
• It is a working dealership: ask before photographing or filming, do not open doors, and let the staff work.
• Which cars are consignment and which are Dutton's own is not published.
• Parking is not published; Burnley station is close for the train.

Last updated: 11 September 2026