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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

61013

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September 15, 2013

We had a wonderful experience purchasing our new car and previous cars at J H Barkau and sons. The staff was very friendly and helped us with all of our needs. We would recommend J H Barkau and Sons to any More

by Lawver2011
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September 12, 2013

I am a caregiver and needed a frontwheel drive used vehicle and Nils helped me (I am 87 years old) get the best one I could find. emi More

by Ivanhoff
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September 06, 2013

I am very pleased with the Jeep I have purchased through Barkau in Cedarville. I've also purchased my previous Jeep through them. Both times Jim Mullarkey was the salesman and he is a very pleasant person t More

by Madmoomoocow23
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September 01, 2013

Although I have lived in the area I have never shopped at Barkau. I found the truck on Cars.com. With all the information on that site I know everything I needed to know by the time I got to the dealership More

by gxwhee12
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August 31, 2013

I'm sure most people don't buy 2 cars in 2 weeks. But we were in last week got my son a car. Then found I need to get a newer car for myself so I called my friend Jim Mullarkey in a panic last night More

by mparrent
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August 29, 2013

I have been dealing with this dealership for the last 20 years and have not had any problems. I completed my last transaction in approximately 3hrs. This includes travel time to Cederville from home about 4 More

by firewalkerc2
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August 21, 2013

We were shopping for a car for our daughter. Tim was very helpful and knowledgable. We looked at several cars on the lot and Tim even took us to their lot in Freeport. He was not pushy and we felt we got a f More

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August 08, 2013

We traveled 140 miles to visit the Dealership because of the selection of the vehicle we were looking for. Joe Shores was more than helpful without being pushy. We bought the vehicle and drove it home. T More

by Worrell5614
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August 06, 2013

They were very helpful & friendly. Tim handled the sale in a very professional manner which we appreciated. They were willing to work with us on the price and made the exchange of vehicles (our trade More

by BasketLady01
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August 04, 2013

We have bought 7 cars from Jim over the years. He is great to work with and willing to go the extra mile to help you. We trust Jim. We have had good luck with Barkau's service department as well. More

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