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<P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_________</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;16, 2003
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B><BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>UNITED AUTO GROUP, INC.</B><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>22-3086739</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
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(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD>
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Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>2555 Telegraph Road</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Bloomfield Hills, Michigan</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>48302</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>UNITED AUTO GROUP, INC. 2002 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Robert H. Kurnick, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Executive Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
United Auto Group, Inc.<BR>
2555 Telegraph Road<BR>
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>(248)&nbsp;648-2500</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Voting Common Stock</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,100,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Such additional indeterminable number of shares as may be required pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the
United Auto Group 2002 Equity Compensation Plan is also hereby registered.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) and Rule&nbsp;457(c)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company&#146;s
Voting Common Stock, par value $0.0001 (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;12, 2003.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration Statement, No.&nbsp;333-61835 (the
&#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;), of United Auto Group, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
are incorporated herein by reference. The Registrant is filing this Form&nbsp;S-8
Registration Statement in order to register 2,100,000 shares of Common Stock,
which were authorized to be issued under the United Auto Group, Inc. 2002
Equity Compensation Plan.

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and are incorporated by
reference herein:

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<P><FONT size="2">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Annual Report of the Registrant on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2002 as filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).

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<P><FONT size="2">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Quarterly Report of the Registrant on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2003, as filed with the Commission pursuant to the
Exchange Act, and all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2002.

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<P><FONT size="2">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of Common Stock of the Registrant contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (File No.&nbsp;001-12297) filed with
the Commission on October&nbsp;9, 1996, effective October&nbsp;22, 1996, including the
information incorporated by reference into that registration statement from the
registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (registration statement No.&nbsp;333-09429), as
amended, dated as of October&nbsp;7, 1996, and any amendments and reports filed for
the purpose of updating that description.

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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from their respective dates of filing.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B>
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Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant dated August&nbsp;3, 1999, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.
001-12297) filed on August&nbsp;13, 1999.</FONT></TD>
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Amendment One to the Company&#146;s Third Restated Certificate of
Incorporation dated December&nbsp;13, 2000, incorporated by reference to
the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (File No.&nbsp;001-12297)
filed on March&nbsp;31, 2003.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Robert H. Kurnick, Jr., counsel to the Registrant.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of KPMG Audit Plc.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Robert H. Kurnick, Jr. (included in the opinion filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
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Powers of Attorney (included before the signature of the Registrant
contained on page 4 of this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
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2002 Equity Compensation Plan of United Auto Group, Inc.,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1.8.3 to the Registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Bloomfield Hills, State of Michigan, on May&nbsp;16,
2003.

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<B>UNITED AUTO GROUP, INC</B></FONT></TD>
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By: /S/ ROBERT H. KURNICK, JR.</FONT></TD>
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Robert H. Kurnick, Jr.,</FONT></TD>
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Its: Executive Vice President,</FONT></TD>
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Secretary and General Counsel</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of UNITED AUTO GROUP, INC.,
hereby severally constitute and appoint Robert H. Kurnick, Jr. and Roger S.
Penske, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power
to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
capacities indicated below any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in
our capacities as officers and directors of United Auto Group, Inc. to enable
United Auto Group, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be
signed by our said attorneys, or either of them, to this Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.

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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/S/ ROGER S. PENSKE<BR>
Roger S. Penske</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board,<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 16, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/S/ SAMUEL X. DIFEO<BR>
Samuel X. Difeo</FONT></TD>
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President, Chief Operating Officer<BR>
and Director
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 16, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/S/ JAMES R. DAVIDSON<BR>
James R. Davidson</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Executive Vice President &#151; Finance<BR>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 16, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/S/ JOHN BARR<BR>
John Barr</FONT></TD>
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Director
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 16, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/S/ MICHAEL R. EISENSON<BR>
Michael R. Eisenson</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 16, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/S/ JAMES A. HISLOP<BR>
James A. Hislop</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 16, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/S/ EUSTACE W. MITA<BR>
Eustace W. Mita</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 16, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/S/ LUCIO A. NOTO<BR>
Lucio A. Noto</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 16, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/S/ RICHARD J. PETERS<BR>
Richard J. Peters</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 16, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/S/ RONALD G. STEINHART<BR>
Ronald G. Steinhart</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 16, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/S/ H. BRIAN THOMPSON<BR>
H. Brian Thompson</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 16, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/S/ LAURENCE VAUGHAN<BR>
Laurence Vaughan</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 16, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/S/ MOTOKAZU YOSHIDA<BR>
Motokazu Yoshida</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 16, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of
the Registrant dated August&nbsp;3, 1999, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File
No.&nbsp;001-12297) filed on August&nbsp;13, 1999.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Amendment One to the Company&#146;s Third Restated Certificate of
Incorporation dated December&nbsp;13, 2000, incorporated by reference
to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (File No.
001-12297) filed on March&nbsp;31, 2003.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Robert H. Kurnick, Jr., counsel to the Registrant.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
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Consent of KPMG Audit Plc.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.3</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Robert H. Kurnick, Jr. (included in the opinion filed
as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
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Powers of Attorney (included after the signature of the
Registrant contained on page 4 of this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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2002 Equity Compensation Plan of United Auto Group, Inc.,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1.8.3 to the Registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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Registration No. 333-_________
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2003
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
UNITED AUTO GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
22-3086739
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
2555 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
48302
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
UNITED AUTO GROUP, INC. 2002 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Robert H. Kurnick, Jr., Esq.
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
United Auto Group, Inc.
2555 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
(Name and address of agent for service)
(248) 648-2500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Proposed
Proposed
Securities
Amount
maximum
maximum
Amount of
to be
to be
offering price
aggregate
registration
registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
offering price (2)
fee
Voting Common Stock
2,100,000
$
18.42
$
38,671,500
$
3,129
(1)
Such additional indeterminable number of shares as may be required pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the
United Auto Group 2002 Equity Compensation Plan is also hereby registered.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and, pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company's
Voting Common Stock, par value $0.0001 (the "Common Stock") as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 12, 2003.
The contents of the Form S-8 Registration Statement, No. 333-61835 (the
"Prior Registration Statement"), of United Auto Group, Inc. (the "Registrant")
are incorporated herein by reference. The Registrant is filing this Form S-8
Registration Statement in order to register 2,100,000 shares of Common Stock,
which were authorized to be issued under the United Auto Group, Inc. 2002
Equity Compensation Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and are incorporated by
reference herein:
(a)   The Annual Report of the Registrant on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2002 as filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
(b)   The Quarterly Report of the Registrant on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2003, as filed with the Commission pursuant to the
Exchange Act, and all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2002.
(c)   The description of Common Stock of the Registrant contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-12297) filed with
the Commission on October 9, 1996, effective October 22, 1996, including the
information incorporated by reference into that registration statement from the
registration statement on Form S-1 (registration statement No. 333-09429), as
amended, dated as of October 7, 1996, and any amendments and reports filed for
the purpose of updating that description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from their respective dates of filing.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits
4.1
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant dated August 3, 1999, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
001-12297) filed on August 13, 1999.
4.2
Amendment One to the Company's Third Restated Certificate of
Incorporation dated December 13, 2000, incorporated by reference to
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-12297)
filed on March 31, 2003.
5.1
Opinion of Robert H. Kurnick, Jr., counsel to the Registrant.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of KPMG Audit Plc.
23.3
Consent of Robert H. Kurnick, Jr. (included in the opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included before the signature of the Registrant
contained on page 4 of this Registration Statement).
99.1
2002 Equity Compensation Plan of United Auto Group, Inc.,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1.8.3 to the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Bloomfield Hills, State of Michigan, on May 16,
2003.
UNITED AUTO GROUP, INC
By: /S/ ROBERT H. KURNICK, JR.
Robert H. Kurnick, Jr.,
Its: Executive Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of UNITED AUTO GROUP, INC.,
hereby severally constitute and appoint Robert H. Kurnick, Jr. and Roger S.
Penske, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power
to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
capacities indicated below any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in
our capacities as officers and directors of United Auto Group, Inc. to enable
United Auto Group, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be
signed by our said attorneys, or either of them, to this Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/S/ ROGER S. PENSKE
Roger S. Penske
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 16, 2003
/S/ SAMUEL X. DIFEO
Samuel X. Difeo
President, Chief Operating Officer
and Director
May 16, 2003
/S/ JAMES R. DAVIDSON
James R. Davidson
Executive Vice President — Finance
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
May 16, 2003
/S/ JOHN BARR
John Barr
Director
May 16, 2003
/S/ MICHAEL R. EISENSON
Michael R. Eisenson
Director
May 16, 2003
/S/ JAMES A. HISLOP
James A. Hislop
Director
May 16, 2003
/S/ EUSTACE W. MITA
Eustace W. Mita
Director
May 16, 2003
/S/ LUCIO A. NOTO
Lucio A. Noto
Director
May 16, 2003
/S/ RICHARD J. PETERS
Richard J. Peters
Director
May 16, 2003
/S/ RONALD G. STEINHART
Ronald G. Steinhart
Director
May 16, 2003
/S/ H. BRIAN THOMPSON
H. Brian Thompson
Director
May 16, 2003
/S/ LAURENCE VAUGHAN
Laurence Vaughan
Director
May 16, 2003
/S/ MOTOKAZU YOSHIDA
Motokazu Yoshida
Director
May 16, 2003
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibits
Description
4.1
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of
the Registrant dated August 3, 1999, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File
No. 001-12297) filed on August 13, 1999.
4.2
Amendment One to the Company's Third Restated Certificate of
Incorporation dated December 13, 2000, incorporated by reference
to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No.
001-12297) filed on March 31, 2003.
5.1
Opinion of Robert H. Kurnick, Jr., counsel to the Registrant.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of KPMG Audit Plc.
23.3
Consent of Robert H. Kurnick, Jr. (included in the opinion filed
as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included after the signature of the
Registrant contained on page 4 of this Registration Statement).
99.1
2002 Equity Compensation Plan of United Auto Group, Inc.,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1.8.3 to the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.