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J H Barkau & Sons Cedarville

Cedarville, IL

4.9
1,175 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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May 23, 2012

We have purchased 5 vehicles now from Barkau and this was another positive experience. We love the website. We were prepared before we got there and that made things so much easier. Tim then showed us the More

by denniso1
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May 12, 2012

Barkau Cedarville is a great place to buy a used vehicle. This is the second used vehicle I have purchased from them. Jim Mullarkey was my salesman this time around. He is very down to earth and accomodat More

by j.zalaznik
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May 11, 2012

We recently purchased a used vehicle from Barkau. So far we have been very pleased with our new vehicle. Jim did a good job of making sure all of our concerns were taken care of. More

by kalky
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May 09, 2012

My husband and I bought a vehicle in December of 2011. It was my 4th vehicle from Barkau's. My husband like it so well we found it's "twin" on their web-site and came to purchase it as well for him. We More

by sjj2010
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Jeff Barkau
May 04, 2012

Nils listened to what I was looking for in a car and expendiently had a car ready to test drive, and consequently I bought a car I just love with all the features I wanted. More

by roses10
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April 27, 2012

jim is nice and friendly salesman the overall experience with the salesman and dealership was a pleasant experiance compared to other dealerships. (no pressure sales). More

by mrray1963
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April 16, 2012

I would say that I had a pretty good experience there. Tim seemed to really listen to what I was looking for in a vehicle. I think it is a plus when a dealer takes the time to fix most of the issues a veh More

by joeynielsen
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March 21, 2012

Purchased a used vehicle that had been "gone over" and was represented as having no problems. On the test drive, the tire pressure light kept coming on, so I mentioned it to the salesperson. Som More

by regularguy
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March 20, 2012

Was looking for a small pick up truck to just have around to get stuff with. Not wanting new or anything that would require lots of additional costs in full coverage insurance or a big monthly payment. I dec More

by jescott418
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March 20, 2012

I was treated good and with respect. They came to my home and picked me up as i didnt have a car to drive there. More

by msdiana
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