Roberto, Jason, and Dan are exceptional individuals and made a chore - car shopping - painless, even enjoyable. When I was without a way to get to the dealership, Roberto - the sales manager - provided transportation in the vehicle I had looked at online. Once at the dealership, we browsed the lot and I selected a different vehicle. Financing vehicles has always been an issue over my lifetime due to the inaccuracy of Experian and the other reporting agencies. However, Jason and Roberto made it seamless. More important than the upfront service and care these individuals provided to a new customer is the follow-up and follow-through following the sale. There were a few issues I discovered on the test drive and Jason and Dan took care of every one of them for me. A special shout-out of THANKS goes out to the entire Ideal Cars' team. I definitely recommend Ideal Cars, Apache Junction to anyone in the market for a high-quality pre-owned vehicle. read more

See all

I went in wanting to purchase a vehicle between $10-15k cash. I did test drive a few, and found one that might fit all my requirements. When I went in to do the numbers with Roberto, he was snarky. I found an extra charge of $999 added under what he called recon fee. So, they put a competitive price on their website, and then he said Dale adds $999-$2000 extra under that heading. Ultimately, they refused to take that charge off. He also got an attitude when I had said I'd be doing a prepurchase inspection. Roberto said he'd speak with Dale and see about getting the charge dropped and get back to me. He didn't. I had to call back, and he acted like he had completely forgotten, but would call the owner right away and get back to me. A few minutes later, I received a call from a Dan who said he was in charge and would not take off the additional charge. For what they had raised the price on an older Ford Escape to, I could get a very nice corolla at Toyota. Be very cognizant of how this dealership adds on fees and frowns on prepurchase inspections. Not a good sign. read more

Dan, Luz, and Doris are amazing. Super kind and have a great selection. I like the fact that they family owned. read more

Ideal Cars - Used Car Dealers Near Me - Apache Junction, Arizona

Bought a car awhile back and forgot to make a review because it's been such a great vehicle got me a nice Toyota that's had nothing needed on it besides an oil change price was ideal hence the name and the process was very fast they had be in and out driving in under a hour read more

The only reason I gave this business two stars is because the sales agent Jeff was polite. We came in to see/test drive two vehicles, both of which were slightly overpriced based on market sales but still within a reasonable negotiating range in my opinion. We were fully prepared to pay the actual list price on one of the vehicles in addition to the standard doc, title, registration and taxes. The deal fell apart when they tried to tack on $500 for window tint which the car didn't have, nor did we need or want it and another $2500 as a "reconditioning fee". They claim that this is their cost to get the vehicle sale ready. Mind you, one of the vehicles we came in to look at was covered in dog/cat hair, had stains everywhere and reeked of cigarette smoke. False/misleading advertising and deal padding at its best. Dealerships like these give the used car industry a bad name as a whole. The cherry on top was when they told us the vehicle was actually priced $2000 lower than it should have been. Don't waste your time with this dealer unless you have a deal in writing before you even come in. read more

The bad reviews for this business are puzzling. I found them to be above and beyond in customer service. I dealt with Ron and Jennifer mostly, and Dennis the manager was quite informative and transparent about pricing. Ron went above and beyond answering my questions about trade- in value and helped with transport. Jennifer did the paperwork seamlessly and efficiently. Thanks to the detailed info about costs on the listing and Dennis's going over extra expenses with me, I knew exactly what to pay- no surprises. they provided the carfax history, which gave me enough information to commit. Highly recommend this dealership. read more

So I offered to pay the sticker price on a car went from 6995 to just over 10G's. OK so add a little bit of tax in there that's fine. You're definitely not going to get the blue book from them either dealership's should be rebranded because they do not make deals, It's best to do a private purchase if you can. obviously this is a bang on all dealerships not just these guys. Chat GPT: Yes, in many cases, car dealership "doc fees" (documentation fees) are a way dealerships pad their profits -- and they can often feel like a ripoff, especially because they vary widely and are sometimes not negotiable. I will never set my foot in one ever again. Point in case buyer beware. read more

Absolute scam of a "dealership". Do not get a car from this location and I definitely wouldn't trust others. After 2 months driving the car it started with just a hose needing replaced and not even days after installing the hose the entire engine needs to be replaced along with all the valves of the car being bent. Way to take advantage of people. Now we are stuck with a lemon and still owe on the car. read more

The listed price is incorrect. They try and get you to pay a $1500 reconditioning fee on the car. Aka they want YOU to pay for THEIR cost of business. Such a rip off. read more

do not purchase a car from this company. The biggest scam I've ever dealt with in my life I purchased a vehicle and it was a lemon and they knew it according to the dealership I took it into for service they offered me when you're free oil changes in hopes I wouldn't take it into another dealership Long story short, I was out $18,000 on a car that no longer runs because of the engine seizure amongst other things that they knew about, and still sold the vehicle I hope this helps someone make a decision on why they shouldn't buy a car from this company. They purchased lemons from auctions and then sell them, to people like myself unknowingly in my opinion, they're just as bad as phone scammers, who take elderly's money, knowing they have no one to back them up. read more

Do not buy any cars from this company. 80% of the cars they get in are complete lemons. Need all types of work. They also don't treat their employees with respect. Will call you out in front of customers and just plain out make you feel stupid. Stay away from ideal cars read more

I recently purchased a GMC Denali from the Team in Apache Junction. What a great experience this was! Shandra, Bill, and Tim made this so smooth and so easy, I anticipated a 4-5 hour grind and was in and out in less than an hour. Best part is I had a great time and actually enjoyed this immensely. I call this exceptional service by far!! I will refer all I know that need a great vehicle and want to have fun at the same time. GREAT JOB TEAM AJ read more

Purchased a Chevy Traverse from here a month and a half ago. 3 weeks after purchase it started acting up and the gauges went sideways. made an appointment to have it fixed. They replaced the alternator and fuel pump. 2 weeks later check engine light came on. Took it back because the light said it was the part they replaced. They put a new part in it. Drove it 3 days light came back on. was told to take it for the extended warranty even thought it was the same problem they fixed. Took it to their extended warranty place. They replaced the part. 3 weeks later light on again. Just took it back today, was treated like crap. No offfering for a rental. Made me wait 2 hours to get an answer on the check engine light only to be told they can't duplicate the check engine light that is clear on. The service guy at PFG Funding which is the extended warranty place was rude and told me that if I made better plans I wouldn't be stranded there waiting with no car. I said I was told to bring it in and they'd honor a rental because it's a warranty issue. Completely rude. They have no concern for how they treat people. They don't care about anyone. Ideal cars won't stand behind their work and PFG won't help either. Never buy a car from them. It will fall apart and you will get stuck paying for it broken read more

Never buy a car from this lot they lie and stoled my money and ruined my credit for a car I drive for 2 weeks negative stars

Update 5-22-20: Took my car in for it's routine oil change & my mechanic found oil spray under the engine. Said this has been going on for quite some time. It also has a blockage in the AC unit. And to top it off, a Service Airbag message. So, I spoke w/the head manager at the Mesa location on Main & was basically told tough luck. If I wanted to roll the dice buying a used car, I would have bought one from a private seller. I'm finding they have a lot of crooks in the car dealership business in AZ. You buy used from this place, best of luck because you'll find 1/2 of what is probably wrong w/it, isn't covered under your whopping "15 day" warranty. Screw this place! Filing w/the AG & reporting them to the BBB for non disclosure & dishonest practices. read more

This is now the 2nd time I've gotten a vehicle from Ideal Cars in AJ and I can't be happier. Originally went in to look at a Ford F250 my bad credit didn't get approved but they sent me pictures and info on a Nissan Titan. Wasn't interested at first and Ideal in AJ never pushes you to get a vehicle you may not want. But after looking over the photos over and over again I went in and test drove it and I am extremely happy with the Titan and ideal made it a easy process just like last time. Will definitely be returning read more

Wow! Want a 1970's car buying experience? Want to be lied to? Want to be lowballed with an advertised price, drive 120 miles and then told that the "financing" price is $2000.00 more than what was advertised? Then yeah this is your place. My friend needs a car, a 2014 Dodge Charger was advertised for sale on cargurus for $11,891.00 at this dealership. Current link: https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inventorylisting/viewDetailsFilterViewInventoryListing.action?sourceContext=carGurusHomePageModel&newSearchFromOverviewPage=true&inventorySearchWidgetType=AUTO&entitySelectingHelper.selectedEntity=d733&entitySelectingHelper.selectedEntity2=&zip=85756&distance=200&searchChanged=true&transmission=A&maxPrice=15000&maxMileage=90000&modelChanged=false&filtersModified=true#listing=229564037 We called and he spoke to Brett and asked "wow this sure is a good deal for this car, whats wrong with it? is it real?" Oh absolutely he was told, car is perfect and we price ourselves in the best 2% of the market. We decided to go ahead and make the drive from Tucson to Apache Junction, 120 plus miles. We arrive to the dealership and the first thing out of the gate is they noticed the A/C wasnt really blowing cold today. Hah!! Blowing cold? It felt like the heat was on full blast! Immediately we were promised "Oh we'll fix that on a We Owe" Yeah.....like my friend really wants to take delivery of a car with No A/C when its 108 degrees outside and go pick his daughters up from their grandma's and drive 100 miles back to Tucson. NOT! Well the best part is after beginning to talk about the deal, then the bombshell was dropped....."Oh by the way, we are a one price dealership so no negotiation.....but oh by the way that one price is actually 2 prices.....1 price for cash and one price for finance. Naturally the finance price suddenly is revealed to be $2000.00 more than the advertised price which was not mentioned once until now even though we called and specifically asked about the good price of the car before driving all the way up. Brett tried to reassure my friend that he would never not tell about the 2 prices and make someone drive all that way. This was a blatant lie, it was never mentioned. Brett offered to call his GM and get the price dropped by $1000.00 so only a 1,000.00 price kink instead of 2000.00. We passed and left the dealership basically letting them know they were not honest. Less than 5 minutes later they texted my friend that he had called his GM and magically they can now do the $11,891.00 advertised price and they would eat the cost. Sure.....Im sure thats exactly what he did. I dont do business with dishonest people and neither does my friend. I wouldn't buy an ice cream cone from this place and I encourage anyone who reads this to not put yourself through the same waste of a day we did today. By the way Ideal Cars.....before kinking another customer in on this car you might wanna actually fix that A/C. Good luck. read more

Brett & Rebecca are the most helpful ever. They help get the best ever car at an AMAZING price! I'll never go anywhere else!

We were looking for a used truck to use for deliveries, Dave hooked us up with a white 2001 f150 and we've been completely satisfied with every interaction thru the financing to payoff Ideal Cars was.... the Ideal place to buy a vehicle! I would highly recommend if your in the market for a used vehicle. read more

Ideal Cars - Used Car Dealers Near Me - Apache Junction, Arizona

So the one thing you worry about when buying a used car is "what is going to break on it next?" The nice thing about buying from ideal cars is that they have their own mechanics to help fix any problems that might occur for a better rate than most. Dale and his team at Ideal Cars have been awesome at fixing all the little knickknack's along the way. I really appreciate it. Thank you Dale. read more

Car left my family stranded over and over again. I had to change fuel pump in hospital parking lot the day we had our son so I could get home safely. Starter went out while 8 month pregnant wife was driving she was stranded in the I40 Had the car a year and spent at least $5000 in repairs and that was just parts. Please Save yourself the misery! read more

I was looking at a truck they had on the lot for a very good price. My girlfriend had secured financing and we drove out to finalize the deal. When I spoke to a gentleman there at the dealership a few days before, he first stated over the phone that we could word in the paper work that the deal is pending an inspection by a mechanic within 3 days of the initial sale. Should the vehicle have any major mechanical issues then the sale would no longer be valid. Well, when we got down there at about 445pm the same sales guy claims he never said that and once the sale is done, any problems are my problems. I told him that in that case I need to take it to a mechanic before signing any paperwork. Upon taking it to a mechanic the mechanic found two problems with the vehicle, 1) Rack and pinion was seeping. The mechanic stated this was not a major issue as it was only about a $300 fix and at this point it was only seeping and not a full blown leak. 2) The truck required a new A/C compressor. This fix was close to $2000 dollars. The mechanic actually let me look under the truck with him and showed me where the issues were. Any mechanic that has a clue what they are doing would have seen this. Where the first seepage was you could see complete saturation. The leak was completely visible as you could see from under the hood or under the truck. The mechanic stated that the fluid was a green color so any mechanic could simply turn on a black light and see the leak without any problems. Either way, he stated that if it wasn't addressed soon the A/C would be blowing hot air within a month or so. I took the findings back to the dealer and told him under those circumstances I could not purchase the vehicle unless they at least fixed the A/C compressor. He actually stated that he was surprised they found anything because 'their mechanic' gave it a clean bill of health. I told him that I, definitely not a mechanic, could show him the fluid in the engine compartment to show the leak... he declined. I told him to call the individual that was handling the deal to see if there was anything we could do on price. First he tells the other individual that I came back with a laundry list of problems on the truck (there were 2), to conclude the call they said to 'send us on our merry way'. He stated that they'd need to replace the part and jack up the price of the truck to cover the expense. If that's what they actually would have done that would have been the right thing. Looking on their website they had the vehicle listed for the same price up until they listed it as sold. read more

In the past couple months I had been shopping around for a used car and was at the point where I didn't think I would find anything I could afford or anything I liked. I live in Phoenix, so apache junction is quite the drive for me to go car shopping, but I felt like I needed to get out of Phoenix and look elsewhere. I found ideal cars and saw the inventory and a specific car I had my eye on. I went to Andrea to see what she could do for me. I had zero credit and no consigner, so was expecting to get some sort of high payment I could see myself getting trapped in. Andrea was MORE than helpful. She was understanding, honest and was eager to help me. I got the car with an interest rate lower than most people I know. I am so happy with the initiative she took to help. I recommend anyone who is looking for a car to go to her specifically. She will get you into a car that you will love. Andrea is the best! Thank you so much!! read more

Ideal Cars - Used Car Dealers Near Me - Apache Junction, Arizona

Awesome service . Thank you for your help Brett and Rebecca!

Just bought a car from Ideal Cars and couldn't more happy. Ford Escape White with 76K miles. John helped me with the after sales process and I just love him and the car. Thanks Ideal! read more

I purchased a 2000 dodge ram last week from them for about $5.800.it had 180.000 miles on it so i exspected there to be a few repairs that would need to be done.the day after i bought it the check engin light came on.i had it looked at and was told it was a miss fire code and that it could be as simple as a bad spark plug or as bad as a low compression in that cylinder.i went and talked to the gentleman that sold me the truck and exsplained to him that if its something easy like plugs or wires i would take care of it,but if it was low compression what would they do to help out.he pretty much told me that unless the engine blows up the warranty doesn't cover it and pretty much i was on my own and not to worry that he was pretty confident that it doesn't have bad compression.i exspained how i now have no more money (i put $3.800 down) and couldn't afford to pay someone to tear the engine completely apart and fix it.he said a low compression doesn't mean the engin isn't good.what has to be done for him to consider a engine bad?i had the truck looked at and it doesn't have low compression (thank god) but i still dont know what is wrong with it.i had a mechanic look at the truck before i bought it and it all checked out.my mechanic told me yesterday that they could've cleared all the codes and it hadn't gone through its full cycle to reset the code until afer i drove off the lot.i just want everyone to be careful if you buy from here. read more

Wow.. Where do I start. Many many problems with my little Ford Focus I bought from this company. I would not recommend anyone to this place. I have spent more money into fixing this car then I did putting a down payment on it. This car has given me problems from front to back either It being the starter or alternator.. The wheels or breaks.. The gas pump to the oil pump.. Just so many problems. I will never be back at ideal cars ever again. I'm giving back my car and going else where. This place really sucks.! read more

DO NOT BUY FROM HERE! My husband and I bought a 2004 Hyundai Elantra with a little over 100,000 miles for $6000 back in February 2016. It is June 2016 and it has broken down four separate times! We pushed really hard in early May for them to fix the car and they did for an additional $1000. Whet they fixed included a timing belt with many of its teeth missing. Today, while my husband was driving to work, this timing belt FELL OUT of the car and he almost got in a serious accident as he struggled to break. A death could've happened due to their negligence! At the very least, BRING YOUR OWN MECHANIC to thoroughly check out the car before you purchase. I hope no one else has to go through the nightmare we've endured with a faulty car and this company for the past four months. read more

This company is a sham. I bought a vehicle from them and within 3 days that vehicle broke down. I returned the vehicle for repair and the owner Mark says he replaced a hose and wire for the coolant fan. I pucked up the vehicle on Wednesday, 04/04/12. The vehicle was still not running properly, I brought the vehicle to another repair shop and they found a lot of problems. I called Mark @ ideal cars and he wanted another shot @ it but I no longer trusted him. I advise anyone not to trust this business, it is a fraud. read more

I bought a rusty, unsafe car from them end of January. I asked for my money back when mechanics told me how bad it was. They refused and were complete jerks. I sued them in small claims court and won a judgment for all my money back. They refuse to pay. Dealing with them is like entering a den or vipers. There is no lie too big or too small for them to use. The saddest part of this is that I've been waiting 5 months for this, and now it looks like it will take even LONGER, and I don't have my money so I can buy another vehicle. read more

I bought a used SUV here for cash. I was told on the contract that there was "some rust" on the bottom. After buying it new brakes and tires (tires were rotted, and front brakes almost gone) I took it to a mechanic who put it up on his lift. Ideal had shown me just one rusted part on the rear frame that could be repaired by welding. But the mechanic showed me several areas where the frame had 90% rusted through, and he said "this thing is an accident waiting to happen! Do NOT drive this! Return it and get your money back!" I expect a battle on this, since when I told Mark about the brakes all he did was tell me his mechanics would fix them for more money. He also seems to think that dealerships (yes, even used car ones like Ideal) do not have an obligation to the customer to sell them SAFE and roadworthy vehicles per AZ Revised Statutes Title 44-1267. ALL DEALERS have an implied warranty (yes it's on the contract) to not sell any vehicle which is unsafe. Theses guys are sleazy; I would never do business with them again! Now I am stuck with a defective, unsafe SUV which cannot be repaired and which I dare not drive. read more

I went looking for a 4x4 pickup and on the phone the guy told me he had one so I drove 40 min to Mesa to find out they only had 2WD and the trucks looked in ruff shape, one had a bad paint job making it look nice on the outside sort of with some DIY rhino lining sprayed on the plastics around the wheels and bumper. The sales man was older and unmotivated to help or sell anything. He lacked knowledge and info on every truck I asked about. He left me in the parking lot in over 110 degrees for 15 min just standing there. I asked about another SUV I had seen on their website so he called the East Mesa location and told them I was on my way. It was a Nissan Xterra that he swore was an amazing vehicle in excellent condition. I get to that location 25 min later and find out it was water damaged on the inside(maybe a flood, who knows) Rust under the dash is never a good sign. Then I find out from the manager, they buy all there cars from auctions. This dealership is just looking to make a quick buck flipping cars. Tires all shot on there vehicles unlike other dealerships that always put new tires on and do better inspections. Who in there right mind buys a car with water damage especially a dealership they should know better. I would never go back and you shouldn't either. read more