Edgar Filing: GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC

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Notice and Proxy Statement Letter to Stockholders
Annual Report on Form 10-K

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GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
800 GESSNER
SUITE 500
HOUSTON, TX 77024


			GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

			Vote In Person

			Should you choose to attend the meeting and vote these shares in person, you will need personal identification and, unless you are a stockholder of record, evidence of your ownership of Group 1 Automotive common stock as of the close of business on the record date, March 25, 2008.


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		To vote *now* by Internet, go to WWW.PROXYVOTE.COM. Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. eastern time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your notice in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions.

The 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Group 1 Automotive, Inc. will be held at Four Seasons Hotel, 1300 Lamar Street, Houston, Texas, on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. central time.

The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 25, 2008 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive notice and to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders or any adjournment(s) thereof.

To obtain directions to attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person, please access our website at www.group1auto.com or call 713-647-5700.

Voting items

The Board of Directors recommends
a vote “FOR” proposals 1 and 2.

1.		Election of Directors

		Nominees:

	01)		Louis E. Lataif

	02)		Stephen D. Quinn

Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm of the company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008.