Jim Burke Ford

located in bakersfield, the jim burke dealerships began in 1964 when jim burke acquired haberfelde ford after being employed there since 1948 in various management capacities. haberfelde ford, established in 1913, was then located downtown before being moved to the present 20 acre site on oak street in 1977. at that time the dealership name was changed to jim burke ford, and haberfelde ford remained as the corporation name. today, it is one of the biggest ford dealerships in the nation. in august 1985 jim burke bought the kitchen boyd lincoln mercury dealership located downtown on chester avenue and moved the operation in january of 1989 to a new facility in the bakersfield automall. the jim burke jaguar store was added to the automall location in august of 2000 for luxury car buyers. in march of 2003, the jim burke used cars was added to the company's automotive line-up as a dedicated facility in the bakersfield automall, it was built to take care of the growing demands for quality us