Lehman Volvo Cars

Congratulations to Lehman Volvo Cars' Sales Consultant, Mary Abruzzese, for nationally ranking in the top 100 Volvo Sales Consultants for the entire year of 2018. "As a sales consultant, my job is to make the car buying process as easy as possible,” states Mary Abruzzese. “This starts the moment someone walks onto the lot, and continues until well after their new Volvo is burning gas.” The “Volvo Excellence” program challenges Volvo Cars sales consultants to demonstrate excellence in key performance areas including new vehicle sales, customer care and a commitment to learning and development. The ranking is determined by certain criteria, one of which is the Sales Consultant's Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI). The challenge concluded on December 31st of 2018. “I'm very fortunate to have many clients who have purchased multiple Volvo's from me over the years. I'm extremely proud to be the recipient of the 2018 Volvo Excellence Award,” says Mary. Lehman Vol...

There are many factors that can impact the performance and handling of your Volvo. This month, I will discuss the importance of proper wheel and tire balance and the effect it has on your Volvo. Modern automobiles continue to have larger and larger wheels. As the diameter of the wheel increases, the size of the tire must change as well. Because of this, many tires have smaller sidewalls. These lower profile sidewalls make even the slightest of imperfections in the wheel or tire balance much more noticeable. Wheel balance is used to cancel the vibration of an out of balance wheel and tire assembly. At 60 mph an average size tire rotates about 850 times per minute. At that speed, even slight variations in balance, sidewall stiffness and/or an out of round wheel or tire will be very noticeable to the driver and passengers. Not only does this significantly reduce the ride quality of your vehicle, it can also cause damage and unsafe conditions such as: Damage to suspension and steerin...

10 Reasons to Choose a Certified by Volvo Vehicle: Five-year, unlimited mile warranty, with an option to upgrade up to 8 years* Volvo Certified Comprehensive Inspection, covering more than 170+ points Volvo Roadside Assistance- 24/7/365 protection for the length of your warranty Vehicle History Report with Buyback Guarantee No deductible for Certified by Volvo warranty visits Fully transferable Volvo Genuine Service Strict eligibility rules Higher inspection and reconditioning standards IIHS Recommended Used Vehicles for Teen- "Best Choices**" View our York CPO Inventory here > View our Mechanicsburg CPO Inventory here > *Calculated from the original in-service date and zero miles.** For the following models: Volvo S80 (2007 and newer), Volvo S60 (2011 and newer), Volvo V60 (2015 and newer), Volvo XC90 (2005 and newer), Volvo XC60 (2013 and newer). Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. April 12, 2017.

With winter weather arriving early this year, I would like to take a moment to write about a few tips to improve the safety of your winter weather travel. There are many factors to consider before venturing out into the harsh winter environment. Getting your vehicle checked by a professional prior to doing so is a great start to successful winter travel. Below is a checklist to follow to ensure your vehicle is fully winterized: Examine the condition of all four tires (I recommend switching to snow tires for winter travel. Read why here ). Check and adjust tire pressure (For every 10 degrees the ambient temperature drops you lose about 1 PSI of tire pressure. Read more about tire pressure here ). Check the condition of wiper blades, and replace if needed. Check your vehicle’s antifreeze condition to ensure the coolant is mixed correctly to protect against cold temperatures. Check your vehicle’s windshield washer function and switch to a winterwindshield washer fluid. Using a no...

There are many parents in the Central Pennsylvania region who simply cannot afford new child car seats for their families and unfortunately end up compromising on safety.  Lehman Volvo Cars is standing behind its core value of safety and will be selecting families in need of new infant, toddler, and/or booster seats.  The "Protect the Gifts" car seat campaign is a special program that promotes safety in a unique way. Submit your nomination by emailing contest@lehmanvolvocars.com. Lehman Volvo Cars will select from the nominated families and will provide up to 50 car seats, to be later delivered and installed at both Lehman Volvo Cars facilities.

With winter weather right around the corner, I would like to discuss a topic extremely important to your safety—winter tires. With many automobiles equipped with All-Wheel Drive, all season tires and other safety systems, you may ask yourself “why should I be concerned with the use of a dedicated winter tire?” All-Wheel Drive will certainly help assist you on snow covered roads when accelerating, but when it comes to braking, steering and maintaining stability, the type of tire makes all the difference. Even the best all season tire is no competition for a dedicated snow tire. The rubber used to make all season tires can harden in cold weather, causing reduced grip. Snow tires are made of a special compound of rubber formulated to provide excellent traction on cold snow covered roads. This type of rubber remains much more pliable in cold weather allowing it to make firm contact with the roadway. Dedicated snow tires have special tread designs made specifically for snow and ice. ...

Jason McKinsey, Lehman Volvo Cars Service Manager, writes about Volvo trending topics, including this month’s segment on the importance of routine brake fluid flushes. Looking for more information on a particular Volvo service topic? Submit your topic suggestion to Jason at jason@lehmanvolvocarsyork.com. Jason’s Journal: Reasons Why Brake Fluid Flushes are Important By: Jason McKinsey, Service Manager Preventive maintenance can make a big difference in your vehicle’s cost of ownership over the years. We all know oil changes are essential, but there are other fluid changes that can help lower your repair cost down the road, such as brake fluid changes. Brake fluid is a hydraulic fluid used to create pressure within the braking system by the force you apply to the brake pedal. That pressure causes the brake caliper to compress the brake pads onto the brake rotor surface. The friction from the brake pads being compressed onto a spinning brake rotor creates heat. The heat tha...

The Lehman Volvo Cars team would like to congratulate Mary Abruzzese, Volvo Sales Consultant, for placing 3rd in the “Best Salesperson” category of the “2018 Best of Cumberland County” Sentinel awards! This is Mary’s third year in a row for making the “Best of Cumberland County” list. "I have worked very hard to maintain my reputation in this business and I try to exceed the expectations of my clients with every single Volvo I deliver," says Mary Abruzzese. "I believe in the product that I sell, I'm proud of the dealership that I work for, and I’m happy to call many of my clients my friends!" The annual “Best of Cumberland County” contest is comprised of 129 categories-- from Food and Drink, to Automotive, Healthcare, and Entertainment. Between May 1st and May 31st, community members vote by writing in their favorite businesses and/or individuals. This year marked the Sentinel’s 16th anniversary of the “Best of” contest. Mary has been a vital Lehman Volvo...

Jason McKinsey, Lehman Volvo Cars Service Manager, writes about Volvo trending topics, including this month’s segment on Volvo Genuine brakes. Looking for more information on a particular Volvo service topic? Submit your topic suggestion to Jason at jason@lehmanvolvocarsyork.com. Jason’s Journal: Don’t Just Stop, Think About It  By: Jason McKinsey, Service Manager  Maintaining a vehicle’s brake system has always been an important part of automotive safety. Specifically in Volvos, it is critical to choose the correct type of brake pads and rotors because they not only provide the ability to perform the everyday duties of bringing your Volvo to a smooth controlled stop, but they also now interact with many other systems in the vehicle. These systems include: Antilock Brakes  Automatic Braking  City Safety  Collision warning with auto brake  Pedestrian detection  All of these systems work in conjunction with the braking system to increas...

Jason McKinsey, Lehman Volvo Cars Service Manager, writes about Volvo trending topics, including this month’s segment on the headlight restoration. Looking for more information on a particular Volvo service topic? Submit your topic suggestion to Jason at jason@lehmanvolvocarsyork.com . Jason's Journal: Light Your Way to Safety By: Jason McKinsey Service Manager As your Volvo matures, you may notice a discoloration, or yellowing, of the headlight lens, which may degrade the appearance of your Volvo. But, did you know that this headlight discoloration can also be a safety hazard? The discoloration reduces the light output of the headlight, therefore causing a reduction in your ability to see during night driving. Not only will this reduce the distance you are able to see while driving, it will also reduce the overall clarity of the illuminated area. Many years ago, automotive headlight lenses were made of glass. While the glass never became discolored, the lenses were easil...

With the growth of Volvo new car sales over the last year, Lehman Volvo Cars expanded its team to include Sales Consultant, Doug Frantz. Doug’s experience and professionalism makes him an excellent addition to the Lehman Volvo Cars team. Read Doug’s bio below. Meet Doug: Doug Frantz is no stranger to the automotive world. Describing himself as an “old soul,” Doug explains his passion for antique cars. Volunteering at AACA competitions as a judge, Doug sees his fair share of vintage cars. “Every antique car has a story, and that’s what I love,” he states. History had always been Doug’s favorite subject growing up, and it still continues to influence him today. Combining his friendly personality and his passion of cars, it was an obvious choice for Doug to make a career out of automotive sales. But before Doug became an automotive sales consultant for a local dealer, he served in the U.S. Army for 8 years as an Analyst and Instructor for the Pennsylvania and Georgia Nati...

Jason McKinsey, Lehman Volvo Cars Service Manager, writes about Volvo trending topics, including this month’s segment on the importance of having your Volvo routinely detailed. Looking for more information on a particular Volvo service topic? Submit your topic suggestion to Jason at jason@lehmanvolvocarsyork.com. Jason's Journal: Spring Cleaning By: Jason McKinsey, Service Manager Purchasing a new vehicle is a major investment. Keeping up with routine maintenance and repair needs is extremely important, however there are also other ways to help protect that investment. Over time the environment can cause damaging effects on your Volvo. Your Volvo is exposed to harsh UV rays, rain, snow, chemicals from roadway salt treatments and many other factors that can degrade your Volvo’s appearance. One way to help combat these unavoidable factors, is to have your Volvo routinely detailed. A “detail” is a thorough vehicle cleaning and restoration performed by a professional wh...

The Volvos with the Little Blue Badge By: Dan Lehr, Pre-Owned Sales Manager The little blue badge on certain Volvos…chances are you have seen them, or at least heard the name “Polestar” before. But what does it mean? Well, it is Volvo-speak for performance and a great way to add more spark to your drive. Let’s flash back to the 1990s, when things were a little boxier in the world of Volvo. The revolutionary Volvo 850 was just launched with critical acclaim, and Volvo decided to take it racing. In both sedan and wagon form, the Volvo 850 demonstrated killer instincts on the track, with the team lead by what was to be called Polestar. Polestar would then go on to campaign S40s, C30s and more recently S60s in both the Swedish Touring car racing series and European Touring car series. The rest is history as they say. Since then, Polestar has been Volvo’s racing partner and performance developer for not only racing endeavors, but also the cars you can buy right from the dealership. I...

Jason McKinsey, Lehman Volvo Cars Service Manager, writes about Volvo trending topics, including this month’s segment on the importance of using Volvo Genuine Wiper Blades on your Volvo. Looking for more information on a particular Volvo service topic? Submit your topic suggestion to Jason at  jason@lehmanvolvocarsyork.com . Jason's Journal: The Importance of Using Volvo Genuine Wiper Blades By: Jason McKinsey, Service Manager While many people usually do not think of wiper blades as a safety feature on a vehicle, I can assure you they are! An unclean or obscured windshield is a hazard to you, your Volvo, and other drivers. According to Volvo Cars, approximately 20% of all road accidents are related to lack of visibility. We depend on wipers to remove rain, snow and dirt in all degrees of weather and at various speeds.  Understanding the importance of wiper blades, Volvo Cars tests its wiper blades in several different ways before the wipers are app...

New “Average” Versus Volvo Certified Pre-Owned By: Dan Lehr, Pre-Owned Sales Manager The average new car price is now over $33,500. No matter how you look at it, that is not a small amount of money. There are a lot of average new vehicles out there that provide reliable transportation from Point A-to-Point B. Not all of them are as comfortable, safe or enjoyable as a Volvo, which begs the question…why spend over $30,000 on an average new vehicle when you could get into a Certified Pre-Owned Volvo for the same amount or even less? Let’s see how the average new car stacks up against a Certified Pre-Owned Volvo. Using a new 2018 Honda Accord, we will see how the average new car compares to a Certified Pre-Owned Volvo S60. To be fair, we will equip our examples as closely as possible. With the level of luxury content you receive on the Volvo S60, we will have to upgrade to a Honda Accord EXL with Navigation (Starting at $29,970 before destination). Most of the S60s in invento...

Official Volvo Cars' Press Release ROCKLEIGH, NJ (February 8, 2018) – The all-new Volvo XC60 luxury SUV is the Chicago News 2018 SUV/Crossover of the Year. Editors presented the trophy to Volvo at the Chicago Auto Show today. The award comes on the heels of the XC60 being named 2018 North American Utility Vehicle of the Year™ and Detroit Free Press Utility of the Year, besting a long list of other new models from European, Asian, and domestic carmakers for both accolades. "Our award for the SUV/Crossover of the Year goes to the sophisticated XC60, the muscular T8 hybrid,” said Jason Saini, pro race car driver and Chicago News automotive writer and host. “As the rest of the new Volvo line-up, it boasts a lot of safety features, including radar cruise control and autopilot semi-autonomous capabilities. It’s a hint of what driving will be like in the future, and a key component to Volvo’s safety commitment.” Anders Gustafsson, President and CEO, Volvo Car USA, said, ...

The holiday season is quickly approaching which means Lehman Volvo Cars' annual “Protect the Gifts” Car Seat Campaign is just around the corner! There are many new parents in the Central Pennsylvania region who simply cannot afford new child seats for their families and unfortunately end up compromising on safety.  Based on Volvo Cars' core value of safety and Lehman Volvo Cars’ philanthropic efforts, the “Protect the Gifts” Car Seat Campaign provides families in need of new infant, toddler, or booster car seats at no cost.  In past years, Lehman Volvo Cars distributed 50 new car seats to deserving families in both the Mechanicsburg and York surrounding areas. Lehman Volvo Cars Owner and President, Ray Bromley explains: “During this time of year, the tendency is to start compiling a list of gifts for loved ones and we don’t always take the time to reflect upon the gifts we already have…our children. This campaign is a nice way of putting that thought into a meaning...

The launch of the all-new 2019 Volvo XC40 premium SUV is being accompanied by the launch of something else entirely: Care by Volvo, a new subscription service that will redefine the way people approach the process of buying vehicles. Care by Volvo will feature a national, flat-rate monthly fee that includes all of the traditional extras of buying a car, such as insurance, maintenance and down payments. It works very much like the subscription program used by many mobile phones. The process is free from negotiation and starts with the online order. An interested buyer can simply order online, head over to the nearest Volvo dealership and drive away after signing their contract their new Volvo without having to worry about all the usual hassle. “This is simple and clear, everything but fuel is basically included in one flat rate,” said Lex Kerssemakers, President & CEO of Volvo Cars USA, “This is the next step toward making life less complicated for customers.” Th...

Volvo Cars announced the new 2019 Volvo XC40, a premium compact SUV that will launch in the United States in the first quarter of 2018 as the first example of the Swedish automaker’s new 40-series model line. The Volvo XC40 also marks the first iteration of the new Compact Modular Architecture, which will underpin all subsequent 40-series models, including fully electrified vehicles. “The XC40 is our first entry in the small SUV segment, broadening the appeal of the Volvo brand and moving it in a new direction,” said Håkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive. “It represents a fresh, creative and distinctive new member of the Volvo line-up.” The new 2019 Volvo XC40 is designed to appeal to younger audiences while presenting a modern expression of Scandinavian design highlighted by a new version of the brand’s signature grille, a tall ride height, large wheels, a strong profile and the distinctive Thor’s hammer daytime running lights. The exterior will be offered wi...