Gene Shenkman
Gene Shenkman at Arlington Acura in Palatine

Gene Shenkman

General Manager

Arlington Acura in Palatine

1275 E Dundee Rd
Palatine, IL 60074

4.1
17 Reviews
4.1

17 Reviews

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17 Reviews of Gene Shenkman

August 31, 2025

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Arlington Acura is the absolute best dealership ive ever done business with. They have the right team, culture and way of doing business. I worked directly with David Lee, who offered best in class servic More

by eddie.k
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Other Employees Tagged: Ideen Ghaffari, Agron Useini , David Lee

Sep 05, 2025

Arlington Acura in Palatine responded

Hi, thank you for your kind review; we are happy to pass along your comments to the team here at Arlington Acura In Palatine Parts! If you ever need anything else from us, please feel free to give us a call or stop by. Have an awesome day!

November 30, 2024

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We just purchased a new 2025 Acura RDX A-Spec with Trevor Schaefer at Arlington Acura in Palatine. What a great experience! Trevor was super nice and helpful. We couldn’t have asked for a better sales More

by de5Martin
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Dec 01, 2024

Arlington Acura in Palatine responded

Hi, thank you for your kind review; we are happy to pass along your comments to the team here at Arlington Acura In Palatine! We are always more than happy to assist you if anything else comes up. Take care!

March 23, 2024

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Great Dealership. very honest and professional people. no time wasting, pleasure to do business with. A++ experience. More

by Pete
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Other Employees Tagged: Ideen Ghaffari, Scott Mattran

March 22, 2024

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Car price $16900. 00 offered to pay cash price jumped to 23k Scott Mattran wanted me to finance but when I told him I’ll pay cash got real upset spent more time at fron More

by Chinoirene7887
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Mar 22, 2024

Chinoirene7887 responded

Can’t believe I offered to pay cash for vehicle and came home with nothing still can’t make sense of how a dealership is suppose to sell cars yet I have no vehicle and was ready to pay 16k cash Scott Mattran and his team wanted me to finance a car and pay 38k plus 5k down total was 43k then I said what if I pay 8k down the finance came back to 30k plus 8 k down total 38k got there at 11am left at 1:30pm never attended me or negotiated with me they kept huddling majority of the time at front desk were all the plotting and gouging occurs final cash offer they wanted me to pay was 22+k price of Tesla s with online price of 16900.00 if anyone has experienced these tactics please notify ftc (Federal Trade Commission )

February 03, 2024

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I had a fantastic experience buying my 2024 MDX from Arlington Acura! Sam Dibashi was very helpful and professional in helping me choose the right car for my needs and working out a great deal with the More

by stramfam
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Other Employees Tagged: Samuel Dibashi

August 03, 2023

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Recently purchased a vehicle here. Management needs to learn how to communicate honestly and respectfully. Adrian is brash, disrespectful, dishonest, and does not follow through or kee More

by Unsatisfied Customer
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Other Employees Tagged: Adrian Pawlikowski

March 29, 2023

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Highly professional team. Exceptional service. Definitely I will recommend friends and family buy and lease cars at Arlington Acura. More

by Alex
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Other Employees Tagged: Aamer Ali, Stephen Gonzales

Mar 30, 2023

Arlington Acura in Palatine responded

Thank you, Alex, for taking the time to share your thoughts on working with our team. We're glad to hear we delivered such a great experience!

Mar 31, 2023

Arlington Acura in Palatine responded

Hi Alex, thank you for your kind review; we are happy to pass along your comments to the team here at Arlington Acura In Palatine! If you're ever in need of more help, please let us know!

March 03, 2023

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Scott and Gene are an extremely helpful and courteous team. Extremely happy with my purchase and thankful for these guys! More

by Paul Seiden ;)
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Mar 04, 2023

Arlington Acura in Palatine responded

We are very happy to hear that Scott and Gene provided you with such a positive experience! We sincerely value your business and look forward to your next visit.

December 25, 2022

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Was disappointed with windshield replacement service and General Manager, Gene Shenkman. I received no information regarding steps needed to get the windshield replaced nor how to protect the windshield for More

by STICK.PLAY
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Other Employees Tagged: Maribel Segura, Steve Farmandi

Dec 27, 2022

Arlington Acura in Palatine responded

Thank you for bringing this to our attention, and we'd like to learn more about your experience. If you'd be willing to provide more information about your visit, please send us a message with your contact information so that we can reach out. Our goal is to make sure everyone that visits the dealership has a top-notch experience. We're sorry that we didn't meet that goal in this case and we'd love the opportunity to get more details to see if we can turn this situation around for you.

September 28, 2022

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Great experience. Ideen in finance was awesome as usual. We will continue making all of our vehicle purchases at Arlington Acura. More

by Explorer owner 78
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Sep 28, 2022

Arlington Acura in Palatine responded

Thanks for your feedback on your recent visit to Arlington Acura in Palatine. It is great to hear that we were able to assist you with choosing the perfect vehicle and that you had such a positive experience. We hope you will continue to enjoy your new vehicle!

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