UNITED STATES

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                  March 4, 2005
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                          Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                    Delaware
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                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

                 5511                            01-0609375
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       (Commission File Number)       (IRS Employer Identification No.)

    622 Third Avenue, 37th Floor, New York, NY                  10017
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     (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)


                                 (212) 885-2500
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                      None
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



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Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure

         On March 4, 2005, Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (the "Company") issued
a press release, announcing that its President and Chief Executive Officer,
Kenneth B. Gilman, and its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, J.
Gordon Smith, will present at the Raymond James 26th Annual Institutional
Investors Conference in Orlando, Florida on March 7, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c) Exhibits.

                  Exhibit No.               Description

                  99.1                      Press Release dated March 4, 2005.









                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                          ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.



Date:  March 4, 2005      By:    /s/ Kenneth B. Gilman
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                          Name:  Kenneth B. Gilman
                          Title: President and Chief Executive Officer






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.       Description

99.1              Press Release dated March 4, 2005.