Van Horn Participated in the Mill Street Festival


Van Horn Auto participated in the Annual Plymouth Mill Street Festival on Saturday, July 12! We were located at the East end of Mill Street with a booth right in front of the Art Center!

While there, guests were able to hydrate themselves with a free bottle of water as well as participate in a contest where you were required to guess how many balloons were inside the 2014 Chevy Impala, donated for the day by Joe Van Horn Chevrolet. How many balloons were in there you might ask? 77!

Congratulations to the winner, Barb Berenz; a local from the Plymouth area. Barb won a nice car care package, complete with car wipes, wash solution, Allstate travel mug, VH Cars flashlight keychain, Sheboygan County Budget Auto fold up picnic blanket, Van Horn cooler with attached bottle opener, $20 off her next service visit at Van Horn Dodge & much more! She picked up her basket on Thursday at our Chevy location.

Part Advisor with Highest Customer Satisfaction

Joe Van Horn Chevrolet has chosen to award Matt Klemme, Parts Advisor, the “Highest Customer Satisfaction” traveling trophy for the month of June 2014. Klemme is a huge asset to the smooth-running procedures within the company. He always handles customer inquiries with care and in a timely manner. Matt is willing to put the customer question or concern as a priority in his daily duties, no matter how busy his day gets.
His dedication to customer satisfaction is unparalleled and we appreciate all the work he does for our customers here at the dealership.

Joe Van Horn Chevrolet's Employees Earned Mark of Excellence Award from General Motor


Van Horn would like to recognize Jason Hendrikse and Noel Janke, Sales Consultants at Joe Van Horn Chevrolet, for earning the Mark of Excellence award from General Motors for 2013 because of their outstanding customer service and the number of guests they assisted in their vehicle purchase. They will receive specialized business cards, a name plate for their desk, and a diamond for their General Motors Ring (which they earned last year).

Van Horn Automotive Donates $600 to Local Non-Profit

On Saturday, April 26th, Van Horn Automotive conducted test drives at Kohler’s Earth Day Expo to benefit Nourish Farms of Sheboygan. Throughout the day sixty test drives were conducted with each drive earning ten dollars for Nourish. “It’s truly an honor to work so closely with our community, especially an organization like Nourish that is working towards a healthier Sheboygan.” Said Van Horn Business Development Director Shannon Laehn. Van Horn’s contribution will provide two weeks of snacks and education for low income Sheboygan county children through Nourish’s Snack Attack and Summer Lunch Programs.

Van Horn Automotive Hosts Plymouth High School Auto Shop Class

Twenty four students from Plymouth High School in Plymouth, WI were given the opportunity to tour Van Horn Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram and Joe Van Horn Chevy’s Service Department on Friday, April 25, 2014 as part of their Auto Shop Class curriculum. Students were shown basic operations of equipment in the Service and Body Shops, including a full tire rotation and the safety inspection of a vehicle. The tour is part of an ongoing relationship between the high school’s auto shop and Van Horn Automotive in an effort to provide superior training to students wishing to pursue a career as an automotive technician. Van Horn Automotive has also been working with the high school’s Tech Department to improve the transportation lab and provide internships to PHS students.

Plymouth Girl's Basketball Boosters Raise $1,000 at Van Horn Sign and Drive


Saturday, March 8th, the Plymouth Girls Basketball Team and Van Horn Automotive joined together to host the Booster's first annual Sign and Drive Event. From 10am to 1pm, vehicles from Joe Van Horn Chevrolet, Van Horn Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram, and Van Horn Hyundai Sheboygan were available for free test drives at Riverview Middle. For each test drive taken, Van Horn Automotive donated fifteen dollars to the Girl's Basketball Booster Club. With the help of the Girl's Basketball Team and Plymouth residents, a total of 68 test drives and $1,020 was raised for the Booster Club! Thank you to the Girl's Basketball Team and to everyone that participated!

Karen Ferguson Joins Van Horn Automotive Group as New Human Resources Director


Karen Ferguson joins Van Horn Automotive Group as the new Director of Human Resources. Karen has spent her whole life in Sheboygan County earning her Masters in Organizational Behavior from Silver Lake College and working in the Human Resources department at Kohler and Manitowoc Companies. In her new role, Karen is most looking forward to building a strong HR process and helping the organization move forward. When she is not at work, Karen enjoys spending time with her family, camping and shooting pool.