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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2
 
                        CONSENT OF LEE M. SESSIONS, JR.
 
     I, Lee M. Sessions, Jr., hereby consent to be named as a person about to
become a director of Sunbelt Automotive Group, Inc. in the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 to which this consent is attached as an exhibit.
 
                                          By:   /s/ LEE M. SESSIONS, JR.
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                                                    Lee M. Sessions, Jr.
 
April 28, 1998