content: 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): January 9, 2003
  
  
  
  
  
                          DRIVETIME AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.
                         (f/k/a UGLY DUCKLING CORPORATION)
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
  
  
  
           Delaware                        000-20841                86-0721358
  (State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S Employer
  incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)
  
  
                             4020 E. Indian School Road
                               Phoenix, Arizona 85018
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
  
  
                                   (602) 852-6600
                (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
  
  
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  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS
  
                    DRIVETIME REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2002 RESULTS
  
  PHOENIX - January 8, 2003 - DriveTime  Automotive Group, Inc., formerly known as
  Ugly  Duckling   Corporation,   the  largest  used  car  sales  company  focused
  exclusively  on the  sub-prime  market,  announced  today  that its  request  to
  withdraw its  debentures  from listing on the American  Stock  Exchange has been
  granted and the  debentures  will no longer be listed and traded on the American
  Stock Exchange. The Company will also no longer be a reporting company under the
  Exchange Act. The delisting and  deregistration  follow the Company's 2002 going
  private  transaction in which Ernest C. Garcia, via affiliates,  acquired all of
  the common stock of the Company and ceased public trading.
  
  ITEM 7.  EXHIBITS
  
  99.1 Press Release dated January 8, 2003.
  
  
  
  
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
       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 thereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                                     UGLY DUCKLING CORPORATION
  
  
  Date: January 9, 2003                           By: ____________________________
                                                     Jon D. Ehlinger
                                                     General Counsel and Secretary
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text: 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): January 9, 2003
  
                          DRIVETIME AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.
                         (f/k/a UGLY DUCKLING CORPORATION)
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
           Delaware                        000-20841                86-0721358
  (State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S Employer
  incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)
  
                             4020 E. Indian School Road
                               Phoenix, Arizona 85018
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
                                   (602) 852-6600
                (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS
  
                    DRIVETIME REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2002 RESULTS
  
  PHOENIX - January 8, 2003 - DriveTime  Automotive Group, Inc., formerly known as
  Ugly  Duckling   Corporation,   the  largest  used  car  sales  company  focused
  exclusively  on the  sub-prime  market,  announced  today  that its  request  to
  withdraw its  debentures  from listing on the American  Stock  Exchange has been
  granted and the  debentures  will no longer be listed and traded on the American
  Stock Exchange. The Company will also no longer be a reporting company under the
  Exchange Act. The delisting and  deregistration  follow the Company's 2002 going
  private  transaction in which Ernest C. Garcia, via affiliates,  acquired all of
  the common stock of the Company and ceased public trading.
  
  ITEM 7.  EXHIBITS
  
  99.1 Press Release dated January 8, 2003.
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
       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 thereunto duly authorized.
  
                                                     UGLY DUCKLING CORPORATION
  
  Date: January 9, 2003                           By: ____________________________
                                                     Jon D. Ehlinger
                                                     General Counsel and Secretary