Exhibit 23.2



                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
FirstAmerica Automotive, Inc.



     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements
listed below of Sonic Automotive, Inc. of our report dated March 19, 1999, with
respect to the consolidated balance sheets of FirstAmerica Automotive, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998, which report appears in
the Form 8-K/A of Sonic Automotive dated January 27, 2000:


   o Form S-3 Registration Statement (File #333-82615) -- first filed in July
     1999 (relating to 1999 Resale Shelf).

   o Form S-8 Registration Statement (File #333-81059) -- first filed in June
     1999 (relating to Employee Stock Purchase Plan, amended and restated as of
     June 8, 1999).


   o Form S-8 Registration Statement (File #333-81053) -- first filed in June
     1999 (relating to 1997 Stock Option Plan, amended and related as of June 8,
     1999).


   o Form S-3 Registration Statement (File #333-71803) -- first filed in
     February 1999 (relating to 1999 Underwritten Public Offering of Class A
     Common Stock).

   o Form S-8 Registration Statement (File #333-69907) -- first filed in
     December 1998 (relating to Employee Stock Purchase Plan, amended and
     restated as of December 3, 1998).

   o Form S-8 Registration Statement (File #333-69901) -- first filed in
     December 1998 (relating to Formula Stock Option Plan for Independent
     Directors).

   o Form S-8 Registration Statement (File #333-69899) -- first filed in
     December 1998 (relating to Nonqualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan).

   o Form S-3 Registration Statement (File #333-68183) -- first filed in
     December 1998 (relating to 1998 Resale Shelf).

   o Form S-8 Registration Statement (File #333-65447) -- first filed in October
     1998 (relating to 1997 Stock Option Plan).


   o Form S-8 Registration Statement (File #333-49113) -- first filed in April
     1998 (relating to Employee Stock Purchase Plan).


                                               /s/  KPMG LLP


January 27, 2000
San Francisco, California