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J H Barkau & Sons Cedarville

Cedarville, IL

4.9
1,178 Reviews
Since 1952, J.H. Barkau & Sons has served the Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin stateline area for their automotive needs. We can proudly boast to over 70,000 customers in those years and have had thousands of customers purchase multiple vehicles and generations of families that have allowed us to serve them. When John H. Barkau founded the business, his goal was to bring quality, affordable transportation to the local area. Jim (2nd generation), Rick (3rd generation), and Willie (3rd generation) Barkau have continued in that tradition while expanding our marketplace to be worldwide. We have had vehicles shipped to Russia, Sweden, Australia, Turkey, Mexico and many other locations. We have vehicles purchased by customers in 49 states and commonly have customers fly in to pick up their new vehicles. In all of this, it has been a pleasure for the Barkau family to help fulfill the transportation needs of a varied clientele. J.H. Barkau & Sons has accomplished this feat by continuing to offer quality, hand-picked vehicles at very competitive prices. We believe in offering our customers an incredible selection that is second to none, with over 1100 vehicles available for purchase. We believe in a no pressure sales environment and in quality reconditioning of our inventory selection. Our sales teams at our Cedarville and Freeport stores each have over a century of experience in helping fill the needs of our vast customer base. The funny part is, we remember a lot of you years later and we are genuinely happy to see you. But selling cars is not all that we do. We believe in supporting the local community through donations, Toy Drives, Food Drives and many other local charities and fundraisers. We also run the “Excellerate” program for Aquin Catholic Schools and have facilitated over 113 donated vehicles. That may be part of the reason that we have been voted the “Best In Region” Used Car Dealership for 15 straight years. Great vehicles, great people, great exp
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200 North Stephenson Street

Cedarville, IL

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October 08, 2013

John Bottoms and the team at Cedarville were great to work with. The Cedarville dealership had what I was looking for and the price was right on. I would recommend this dealership to anyone. Very nice More

by KimberlyGunia
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September 30, 2013

Jim is always great to work with. This is my fourth car I've bought from him, and I've been happy every time. He always wants whats best for his customers, and does everything in his power to assist them. More

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Jim Mullarkey
September 29, 2013

My dad brought me down to buy a car. The salesman was really helpful and friendly. He showed me several cars and helped me get just what I wanted. I will be back to get my next car here too. More

by kadenz6
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September 28, 2013

Jim was very helpful as always, I told him what I was looking for and the payment i needed and he did his best to meet my needs. I would recommend JH Barkau and Jim Mullarkey without any hesitation what More

by katwolf
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September 27, 2013

Jim was my salesman. I did not "want" to buy a car, I "had" to buy car (that makes shopping for a car not so fun!). He understood this, asked me what was important, listened to what I was looki More

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September 25, 2013

Jim Mullarkey was very professional and helpful in finding the right vehicle for us. Not the pushy salesmen that you find at other dealers. Jim answered questions, let us take a nice test ride to see More

by tina232910
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September 25, 2013

This is the 2nd time we have bought a car from Barkau and we have had nothing but praise for the service we have received. Tim had the vehicles available when we showed up today and explained all the options More

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September 21, 2013

Zion church needed another van because of our growth in the youth group. We have been looking for a van for over 6 months. We started out looking at 15 passenger vans but our insurance comp. would not in More

by HLS14
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September 21, 2013

Jim was very helpful in finding the right vehicle to fit our needs and means. He was super helpful from the beginning to end of our purchase. He made the experience of buying enjoyable and his knowledge of More

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September 16, 2013

Jim was amazing to work with. Would recommend him to everyone. From first contact Jim was helpful and knowledgeable. He is a real asset to the dealership Duane More

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