Exhibit 32.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Asbury Automotive Group,
Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the three months ending March 31, 2004 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Kenneth B. Gilman, Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

                  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
         13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; 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/ KENNETH B. GILMAN
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Kenneth B. Gilman
Chief Executive Officer
May 10, 2004