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Two Directors Re-Elected to Group 1 Automotive Board

25 May 2000

Two Directors Re-Elected to Group 1 Automotive Board

          Hollingsworth, Howard to Serve Additional Three-Year Terms

    HOUSTON, May 25 Group 1 Automotive, Inc. , a
leading operator in the automotive retailing industry, announced the
re-election of two directors for three-year terms.  The election was held at
the company's annual shareholder meeting.
    B.B. Hollingsworth Jr., 58, Group 1's chairman, president and chief
executive officer, has served as chairman since March 1997, and as president,
chief executive officer and director since August 1996.  Previously,
Hollingsworth spent 19 years with Service Corporation International, the
world's largest death care provider, where he served as president and director
for over 10 years.  After leaving Service Corporation in 1986, he was a
shareholder and director of Foyt Motors, Inc., which was acquired by Group 1
in 1997.  Hollingsworth has served as a director of several public and private
companies.
    Robert E. Howard II, 53, has served as a director of Group 1 since April
1997 and has been president of Howard Group since its acquisition in November
1997.  In addition to his more than 28 years of automotive retailing
experience, Howard serves as a commissioner of the Oklahoma Motor Vehicle
Commission and as a director of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Automotive
Dealers Association.
    Group 1 is a leading operator in the automotive retailing industry.  The
company has an annualized revenue run rate of over $3.4 billion, and owns 98
dealership franchises comprised of 29 different brands, and 19 collision
service centers located in Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, New Mexico, Colorado,
Georgia, Louisiana and Massachusetts.  Through its dealerships and Internet
sites, the company sells new and used cars and light trucks, provides
maintenance and repair services, sells replacement parts and arranges related
financing, vehicle service and insurance contracts.
    For additional information regarding Group 1 Automotive free of charge via
fax, dial 1-800-PRO-INFO and use the company's stock symbol, "GPI."  Group 1
Automotive, Inc. can be reached on the Internet at http://www.group1auto.com