Asbury SC Lex L.L.C. S-4 Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

Exhibit 12.1

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.

COMPUTATION OF FINANCIAL RATIOS

(in millions, except ratios)

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges	For the Three Months Ended March 31,			For the Year Ended December 31,
EARNINGS COMPUTATION:
	2013			2012			2011			2010			2009			2008
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	23.9		$	83.3		$	46.5		$	35.4		$	23.5		$	(328.4	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		15.2			50.0			28.7			22.1			14.0			(137.1	)
Fixed charges		16.7			65.3			67.7			66.4			66.7			82.1
Amortization of capitalized interest		0.2			0.2			0.2			0.1			0.1			0.1
Capitalized interest		(0.3	)		(0.9	)		(0.4	)		(0.5	)		(0.4	)		(1.1	)
Earnings (loss) for purposes of computation	$	55.7		$	197.9		$	142.7		$	123.5		$	103.9		$	(384.4	)
FIXED CHARGES COMPUTATION:
Interest expense	$	8.9		$	34.4		$	38.1		$	34.6		$	34.1		$	34.6
Floor plan interest expense		2.8			10.7			8.9			8.7			10.0			20.1
Amortization deferred financing fees		0.6			2.5			2.7			2.6			3.1			6.9
Swap interest expense		1.2			5.0			5.5			6.6			6.6			5.5
Interest component of rent expense		2.9			11.8			12.1			13.4			12.5			13.9
Capitalized interest		0.3			0.9			0.4			0.5			0.4			1.1
Fixed charges for purposes of computation	$	16.7		$	65.3		$	67.7		$	66.4		$	66.7		$	82.1
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES		3.34x			3.03x			2.11x			1.86x			1.56x			—	(1)

(1) In 2008, we incurred $525.9 million of pre-tax impairment charges related to goodwill, franchise rights, other intangible assets and property and equipment. As a result of these impairment charges, our earnings for 2008 were inadequate to cover fixed charges by $466.5 million.