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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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June 04, 2013

My family has bought cars from JH Barkau for 15+ years, specifically from Pat Gillespie at the Freeport dealership. My husband and I live in Madison, WI and had wanted to buy a car up here to get to know More

by TCDiehl
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Pat Gillespie
June 04, 2013

Thanks for holding my dodge daytona for me Kevin ur a man of ur word..U THE MAN..I no there were many offers but u held it for 2wks..thanks again More

by clinton12
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June 04, 2013

This is our second vehicle from Tim. We continue to go back because of his friendliness and extensive knowledge base. Tim did an excellent job providing us with the vehicle we were looking for (and we had More

by rtharris
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May 29, 2013

I went there just to look around, found a vehicle that I liked. Salesman Tim came out and started talking to us about the vehicle. Tim was very knowledgeable! He was very polite, not pushy, he was the best More

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May 07, 2013

My husband and I worked with Jim Mularkey in purchasing a minivan for our family. He was very helpful and friendly to us and made sure to find the right vehicle for us that was within our budget. We are extr More

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Jim Mullarkey
April 29, 2013

We went on the intranet to search for the vehicle we were looking for. Found the 2004 Ford Ranger we purchased at the Cedarville Dealership. We were truly amazed at the inventory at a dealership in such a More

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April 29, 2013

We were looking to replace our 2004 Mercury Mountaineer but really didn't know what we were looking for. Tim was great in that when we showed up on the lot he introduced himself and let us just look around More

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April 19, 2013

My first contact with Pat was on the phone after an internet search. He seemed very freindly and helpful so I made the 200 mile trek to Freeport. Everything was ready and waiting and in no time at all More

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April 15, 2013

We have a large family of 8 and were looking for a 12 passenger van. I found the dealership online as they had several vans. 2 in partticular sounded like they might be good and at a price that was fair. More

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April 12, 2013

My husband and I came to JH Barkau to look at the fleet of 12/15 passenger vans on the lot. I had done most of the research already by finding the vehicles available, pricing, car fax reports, etc. The mai More

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