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Group 1 Automotive Elects Three New Vice Presidents

13 August 1998

Group 1 Automotive Elects Three New Vice Presidents

    HOUSTON, Aug. 13 -- Group 1 Automotive, Inc. , a
leading operator and consolidator in the automotive retailing industry,
announced today that its board of directors has elected three new vice
presidents.
    Randy L. Callison has been elected vice president -- corporate
development.  He works with the company's acquisition department to identify
candidates and negotiate acquisitions.  Callison, 44, has been with Group 1
since its founding.
    Michael J. Poppe, 31, has been elected vice president -- corporate
controller and charged with overseeing the company's financial reporting.
Poppe has been with Group 1 since its founding.
    H. Clifford Buster, 28, has been elected vice president -- financial
operations.  He will be responsible for corporate compliance and will assist
with integrating newly acquired companies.  Prior to joining the company in
July 1998, Buster was a manager at a nationally recognized public accounting
firm.
    "I am pleased to announce the election of these new officers and look
forward to working with them to accomplish our goals," said B.B. Hollingsworth
Jr., Group 1's chairman, president and chief executive officer.
    Group 1 was founded to become a leading operator and consolidator in the
highly fragmented automotive retailing industry.  Group 1 owns 60 dealership
franchises comprised of 24 different brands, and 12 collision service centers
located in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Florida and Georgia.
Through its dealerships the company sells new and used cars and light trucks,
provides maintenance and repair services, sells replacement parts and arranges
related financing, insurance and vehicle service contracts.