content: UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF 15(d) OF THE
                           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
                 January 11, 2001 (Date of earliest event reported)
  
                              UGLY DUCKLING CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
  
                  DELAWARE            000-20841           86-0721358
      (State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission         (IRS Employer
             of Incorporation)       File Number)      Identification No.)
  
             2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 500, Phoenix, Arizona 85016
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
          Registrant's telephone number, including area code (602) 852-6600
  
                                   Not Applicable
             (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  
  
  
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  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.
  
           Attached   hereto  as  Exhibit   99.1  is  a  copy  of  Ugly   Duckling
  Corporation's  press  release  dated  January  11, 2001  titled  "Ugly  Duckling
  Announces  Closing of Senior  Secured Loan Facility and  Subordinated  Loan with
  Chairman and Largest Shareholder."
  
  EXHIBIT
  NO.              DESCRIPTION
  
  99.1             Ugly Duckling Corporation Press Release Dated January 11, 2001
                   Titled "Ugly Duckling Announces Closing of Senior Secured Loan
                   Facility and Subordinated Loan with Chairman and Largest
                   Shareholder."
  
  
                                                                SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Dated: January 15, 2001                                UGLY DUCKLING CORPORATION
                                                                (Registrant)
  
  
                                                     By:   /s/ JON D. EHLINGER
                                                         -----------------------
                                                                (Signature)
                                                     Jon D. Ehlinger
                                                     Secretary and General Counsel
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text: UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF 15(d) OF THE
                           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
                 January 11, 2001 (Date of earliest event reported)
  
                              UGLY DUCKLING CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
                  DELAWARE            000-20841           86-0721358
      (State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission         (IRS Employer
             of Incorporation)       File Number)      Identification No.)
  
             2525 East Camelback Road, Suite 500, Phoenix, Arizona 85016
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
          Registrant's telephone number, including area code (602) 852-6600
  
                                   Not Applicable
             (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.
  
           Attached   hereto  as  Exhibit   99.1  is  a  copy  of  Ugly   Duckling
  Corporation's  press  release  dated  January  11, 2001  titled  "Ugly  Duckling
  Announces  Closing of Senior  Secured Loan Facility and  Subordinated  Loan with
  Chairman and Largest Shareholder."
  
  EXHIBIT
  NO.              DESCRIPTION
  
  99.1             Ugly Duckling Corporation Press Release Dated January 11, 2001
                   Titled "Ugly Duckling Announces Closing of Senior Secured Loan
                   Facility and Subordinated Loan with Chairman and Largest
                   Shareholder."
  
                                                                SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
  registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  Dated: January 15, 2001                                UGLY DUCKLING CORPORATION
                                                                (Registrant)
  
                                                     By:   /s/ JON D. EHLINGER
                                                         -----------------------
                                                                (Signature)
                                                     Jon D. Ehlinger
                                                     Secretary and General Counsel