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
  
                  October 5, 2000 (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 October 9, 2000 titled "Ugly Duckling Confirms
  Receipt of Offer to Purchase Company from  Chairman/Largest  Shareholder"  which
  describes an offer made by Mr. Ernest C. Garcia II, Ugly Duckling's Chairman and
  largest  stockholder,  to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock
  of Ugly Duckling not already owned by Mr. Garcia.
  
           Following   announcement  of  the  offer,  five  substantially  similar
  lawsuits  were filed in  Delaware  state court  against  Ugly  Duckling  and its
  directors on behalf of various purported plaintiffs alleging breach of fiduciary
  duty, seeking class action status,  and requesting that any transaction  between
  Ugly  Duckling  and Mr.  Garcia be  enjoined. Ugly Duckling will defend these
  lawsuits if it is served with the complaints.
  
  EXHIBIT
  NO.           DESCRIPTION
  
  99.1          Ugly  Duckling  Corporation  Press  Release Dated October 9, 2000
                Titled "Ugly Duckling  Confirms  Receipt of Offer to Purchase
                Company from Chairman/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: October 9, 2000                                 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
  
                  October 5, 2000 (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 October 9, 2000 titled "Ugly Duckling Confirms
  Receipt of Offer to Purchase Company from  Chairman/Largest  Shareholder"  which
  describes an offer made by Mr. Ernest C. Garcia II, Ugly Duckling's Chairman and
  largest  stockholder,  to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock
  of Ugly Duckling not already owned by Mr. Garcia.
  
           Following   announcement  of  the  offer,  five  substantially  similar
  lawsuits  were filed in  Delaware  state court  against  Ugly  Duckling  and its
  directors on behalf of various purported plaintiffs alleging breach of fiduciary
  duty, seeking class action status,  and requesting that any transaction  between
  Ugly  Duckling  and Mr.  Garcia be  enjoined. Ugly Duckling will defend these
  lawsuits if it is served with the complaints.
  
  EXHIBIT
  NO.           DESCRIPTION
  
  99.1          Ugly  Duckling  Corporation  Press  Release Dated October 9, 2000
                Titled "Ugly Duckling  Confirms  Receipt of Offer to Purchase
                Company from Chairman/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: October 9, 2000                                 UGLY DUCKLING CORPORATION
                                                               (Registrant)
  
                                                 By:     /s/ JON D. EHLINGER
                                                       ---------------------------
                                                               (Signature)
                                                     Jon D. Ehlinger
                                                     Secretary and General Counsel