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J H Barkau & Sons Cedarville

Cedarville, IL

4.9
1,207 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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December 16, 2017

Easy to work with Whenever we are looking for a new work vehicle, we just call Jim and tell him what we are looking for, and he tracks one down for us. So far he has m More

by jeff
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December 13, 2017

2012 chevy express I drove 3 hrs to the dealership and ended up with a very quality vehicle with equally as good service. Will definitely check in on their lot in the fu More

by ChrisReeder
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December 13, 2017

Treating people like you want to be treated, fairly. Tim, It was actually a pleasure. You all were fair with our transaction (trade-in and net purchase). I never needed the bottom price, just fair for b More

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December 07, 2017

Superior Service from Jim Mullarkey I found myself in an unfortunate train of events over the holiday. I called up Jim and let him know what happened and what I was in need of and the ti More

by Kristen Stone
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December 03, 2017

Our Durango Great experience buying our Durango Honest and trustworthy staff highly recommended to any prospective buyers Very happy with our purchase ,great pri More

by gnturbo1987
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November 07, 2017

#1 used dealership Always a pleasure doing business at Barkau and with Nils Sandstrom. No pressure sales, best offer given on my trade in than any other dealership, and More

by SLRios
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October 30, 2017

Purchase of Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited I walked into the J H Barkau & Sons Cedarville showroom at 8:00 am to look at the Jeep that was on the floor. Tim Border was the available salesman. More

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October 24, 2017

Smooth and easy. No pressure. No gimmicks. I had the opportunity and pleasure to work with Tim Border. We began our conversation online and he was patient and considerate throughout those few d More

by Terri Reynolds
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October 24, 2017

The Great Car Search Fantastic Car dealership! Very informative, helpful and accomodating! We searched all over for 4 months and always came back to the best offers around More

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October 14, 2017

Best Service thank you so much Jim Mulllarkey for helping us find the best vehicle for our growing family. Jim was willing to work with us and made sure had everyt More

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