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J H Barkau & Sons Cedarville

Cedarville, IL

4.9
1,088 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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December 27, 2016

A Terrible Experience On Christmas Eve we went to buy a GMC Safari for a little over $5,000 and were told that they inspected everything and had no problems and that they e More

by Gohan
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December 13, 2016

OUTSTANDING! Hats off to Jim Mullarkey and Kevin Martin for getting me into my 2012 Dodge Journey. They both went above and beyond to get me in my new car! J.H. Ba More

by Snazzjazz1
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December 09, 2016

Amazing! I'm more than happy with my new car. Jim was easy to work with and made sure I found the perfect car for me! I'd recommend him and this dealership to More

by DakotahSorn
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December 02, 2016

Unexpected I contacted Jim at the beginning of the summer with what I was looking for. He let me know periodically of the vehicles available that fit my needs. More

by jenb
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November 01, 2016

Very understanding! Back in April I decided to trade in my old Jeep on a newer one. Tim was great with helping me find what I thought I wanted. Papers were filled out and More

by foxymxchic2
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Tim Border
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October 26, 2016

Awesome! We have dealt with Barkau's for years. We have never been disappointed--Nils is the best as far as salesman go! We will always buy from him! More

by Cindy1
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October 26, 2016

Easy. All we do is tell Jim Mullarkey what we looking for and he locates a vehicle for us. They have vehicles ready for us to test drive. After the purcha More

by jeff
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September 17, 2016

Thank you for Your service Jim Mullarkey My husband & I are very pleased with the service provided to us by Jim today. We make sure whenever we are in need of another vehicle we go to him. H More

by Katscars
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September 16, 2016

Professional setvice at its best We told Tim what we needed in a vehicle and he gave us our options. We were able to find just what we needed on their website. The deal was done wit More

by Don & Diane
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Chad Piefer
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August 08, 2016

THANK YOU Jim Mullarkey! I can't thank Jim Mullarkey enough for helping me buy my first car! I browsed cars at a few dealerships, but nothing compared to his help. He listened More

by Samantha Bazarek
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