Lithia Motors (LAD) 10-Q 2008 Q3 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(b) OR RULE 15d-14(b)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Lithia Motors, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2008 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Jeffrey B. DeBoer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that the Company’s independent auditors have informed the Company that they are currently unable to complete a review of the interim financial statements included in the Report as required by Rule 10-01(d) of Regulation S-X prior to the filing deadline; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

/s/ Jeffrey B. DeBoer

Jeffrey B. DeBoer

Senior Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

Lithia Motors, Inc.

November 7, 2008