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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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August 19, 2015

Very Easy to Deal With I visited a lot of dealerships in the Chicago suburbs. Most of them had higher prices on the cars than advertised online. Most of them immediately sta More

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August 17, 2015

Great small town dealership A dealership and sales associates that went above and beyond to make sure we went home with a vehicle before we left but not being pushy about it b More

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August 15, 2015

Awesome experience at dealership!! This is the best place to purchase a vehicle. Tim was very nice, not pushy. I went in thinking that I was only going in for a test drive, but come to More

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August 14, 2015

Professional Sales Experience I was looking for a car for my 91 year old mother. I live in Arkansas, shopped Barkau via the internet. I dealt with Sales Manager Kevin Martin on my More

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August 14, 2015

Beast Customer Service I've ever experienced I don't even know where to begin. First, Tim Border , of J.H. Barkau & Sons could write a manual for all the dealerships in the country. I contacted h More

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August 11, 2015

Extremely Helpful and Patient! Jim Mullarkey was very good to work with. He answered all questions and had a lot of knowledge assosiated with each car we were considering. More

by Kaitlyn
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August 04, 2015

Great Experience, easy to work with. I just completed the purchase of my new car from J H Barkau. Jim Mullarkey was a pleasure to work with. The service was friendly and top notch from bo More

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August 04, 2015

Our second time at Barkau. This is the second vehicle we have purchased from J. H. Barkau and Sons. We really like Jim Mullarkey. He makes the whole process very easy and pleasa More

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August 03, 2015

Quick I gave JH Barkau a five star rating because they had many cars to choose from in the make and model I was looking for and didn't try to push any other More

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July 31, 2015

Amazing Experience! Tim was incredible!! Helpful, not pushy, and informative. I was an avid SUV person and Tim helped me understand and LOVE my Van. We were sent on recom More

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