EXHIBIT 2.2

                     AMENDMENT TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT


     This Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Amendment") is made and
entered into this 1st day of April, 1997, by and between CROSS-CONTINENT AUTO
RETAILERS, INC., a Delaware corporation ("C-CAR"), and R. DOUGLAS SPEDDING
("RDS").

                                    RECITALS
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     A.  By that certain Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement") dated
January 23, 1997, RDS agreed to sell all of the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of Douglas Toyota, Inc., a Colorado corporation, and Toyota West
Sales and Service, Inc., a Nevada corporation, to C-CAR.

     B.  C-CAR and RDS desire to amend the Agreement.

                                   Agreement

     For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, C-CAR and RDS agree as follows:

     1.  The Agreement is amended as follows:

         (a) The number $12,000,000 in subparagraph 4(b) is deleted and the
    number $5,000,000 is substituted therefor.

         (b) The following shall be added to the Agreement as subparagraph 4(d):

             Purchaser shall execute and deliver to Seller a promissory note in
             the original principal amount of $7,000,000, bearing interest at a
             variable rate equal to the prime rate of interest announced by Bank
             of America from time to time, such interest being payable monthly
             as it accrues, with the principal balance being due and payable
             sixty (60) months after the date of the promissory note.

         (c) The second sentence of subparagraph 7(1) is deleted in its entirety
    and the following sentence is substituted therefor:

             The Financial Statements fairly present the financial condition of
             each Corporation at the dates mentioned and the results of its

 
             operations for the periods specified and were prepared in
             accordance with its normal and customary accounting procedures.

         (d) The following shall be added to Paragraph 7(aa):

             Purchaser acknowledges the receipt of Phase I environmental site
             audits for each real property leasehold interest used by either
             Corporation and each parcel of real property owned by RDS and
             purchased by C-Car under the Purchase Agreements as defined in the
             Agreement. Except as disclosed in the Phase I environmental site
             audits, Seller restates the representations and warranties found in
             subparagraph 7(aa).

         (e) Subparagraphs 10(f)(iii) and (iv) are deleted in their entirety.

         (f) Subparagraph 10(g) is deleted in its entirety and the following
    sentence is substituted therefor:

             This Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
             shall have received all required approvals and consents from all
             (i) lenders, (ii) lessors, (iii) manufacturers represented by each
             Corporation, (iv) the FTC and the Justice Department under the HSR
             Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, (v) the New York
             Stock Exchange, (vi) Morgan, Stanley & Co. Incorporated, (vii) the
             Colorado Department of Transportation, and (viii) the Department of
             Motor Vehicles of the State of Nevada.

         (g) Subparagraph 10(p) is deleted in its entirety and the following
    sentence is substituted therefor:

             The Aggregate Adjusted Net Worth, as adjusted by the Post 1996
             Adjustments, shall not be less than $6,000,000, and the Aggregate
            
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             1996 Earnings shall not be less than $10,000,000.

         (h) Subparagraph 11(e) is hereby deleted in its entirety

         (i) Subparagraphs 11(j)(iii) and (iv) are deleted in their entirety.

     2.  As modified by this Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

     3.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.

     4.  This Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective heirs, administrators, executors,
successors, and assigns.

                              CROSS-CONTINENT AUTO RETAILERS, INC.,
                              a Delaware corporation


                              By:   /s/ Bill A. Gilliland
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                                    Bill A. Gilliland,
                                    Chairman & Chief Executive Officer



                                    /s/ R. Douglas Spedding
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                                    R. DOUGLAS SPEDDING

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