FORM 4
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subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form
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See Instruction 1(b). UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 OMB APPROVAL

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*
DeBoer, Sidney     B. (Last)                      (First)                      (Middle) 360 E. Jackson St.

(Street) Medford, OR     97501
(City)                      (State)                      (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker
    or Trading Symbol

Lithia Motors, Inc.   LAD3. I.R.S. Identification
    Number of Reporting
    Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)
4. Statement for
    (Month/Year)

    October 23,  2002

5. If Amendment,
    Date of Original
    (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
           X          Director              X          10% Owner
           X          Officer                             Other

Officer/Other
Description           Chairman and CEO7. Individual or Joint/Group
    Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X   Individual Filing
      Joint/Group Filing

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security     (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date     (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction     Code     and     Voluntary     Code     (Instr. 8) Code  |  V	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed (D) Of     (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)         Amount      |         A/D         |         Price	5. Amount of     Securities     Beneficially     Owned at     End of Month     (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Owner-     ship     Form:     Direct(D)     or     Indirect (I)     (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of      Indirect      Beneficial      Ownership     (Instr. 4)
Class A Common	10/21/2002	S |	1,500   |           D           |   $18.080	145,500	I	Deboer Family, LLC (1)
Class A Common				727	D
Class A Common				10,325	I	By 401(k)
Class A Common				280	I	By Spouse in Joint Ownership with Mother (2)

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

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DeBoer, Sidney B. - October 23, 2002

Form 4 (continued)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security     (Instr. 3)	2. Conver-     sion or     Exercise     Price of     Deri-     vative     Security	3. Transaction     Date     (Month/     Day/     Year)	4. Transaction     Code     and     Voluntary (V)     Code     (Instr.8) Code | V	5. Number of Derivative     Securities Acquired (A)     or Disposed (D) Of     (Instr. 3,4 and 5)	6. Date Exercisable(DE) and     Expiration Date(ED)     (Month/Day/Year)   (DE)     |     (ED)	7. Title and Amount of     Underlying Securities     (Instr. 3 and 4)	8. Price     of     Derivative     Security     (Instr.5)	9. Number of     Derivative     Securities     Beneficially     Owned     at End of     Month     (Instr.4)	10. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)	11. Nature of       Indirect       Beneficial       Ownership       (Instr.4)
Class B Common	$0.000				N/A | N/A	Class A Common - 3,762,231		3,762,231	I	Interest owned by a LLC (3)
Stock Option (1997sd) (NQ) (right to buy)	$1.000				(4) | 12/31/2005	Class A Common - 728		728	D
Stock Option (1998sd) (ISO) (right to buy)	$16.230				01/01/1998 | 12/31/2002	Class A Common - 12,000		12,000	D
Stock Option (1999sd) (ISO) (right to buy)	$18.150				(5) | 01/01/2004	Class A Common - 12,000		12,000	D
Stock Option (2000sd) (ISO) (right to buy)	$18.430				(6) | 01/06/2005	Class A Common - 9,990		9,990	D
Stock Option (2000sd) (NQ) (right to buy)	$16.750				(7) | 01/06/2010	Class A Common - 22,010		22,010	D
Stock Option (2001) (ISO) (right to purchase)	$12.990				12/26/2000 | 12/26/2005	Class A Common - 7,494		7,494	D
Stock Option (2001) (NQ) (right to buy)	$1.000				12/26/2005 | 12/26/2010	Class A Common - 16,000		16,000	D
Stock Option (2001nq) (right to buy)	$19.240				12/26/2006 | 12/26/2011	Class A Common - 16,000		16,000	D
Stock Option (2001sd) (NQ) (right to purchase)	$11.810				(8) | 12/26/2010	Class A Common - 31,788		31,788	D

Explanation of Responses :

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
        See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:   File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
            See Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB number. /s/Cliff E. Spencer______________________            10-23-2002    
** Signature of Reporting Person                         Date

Cliff E. Spencer, Attorney in Fact for
Sidney B. DeBoer


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DeBoer, Sidney B. - October 2002

Form 4 (continued)

FOOTNOTE Descriptions for Lithia Motors, Inc. LAD

Form 4 - October 23, 2002

Sidney B. DeBoer
360 E. Jackson St.
Medford, OR 97501
Explanation of responses:

(1)   Sidney B. Deboer is the trustee of the Sidney B. DeBoer Trust, which is the owner of a majority interest in the LLC and is the sole manager of the LLC
(2)   These shares are beneficially owned by reporting person's Mother-in-law in a joint acount with reporting person's spouse and reporting person disclaims any beneficial ownership of these shares
(3)   Mr. DeBoer, through DeBoer Family, LLC, of which he is the sole manager, owns a majority interest in Lithia Holding Company, LLC, of which he is also the sole manager; and he has elected to report all Class B Common Stock owned by the Lithia Holding Company, LLC as being beneficially owned by him.
(4)   The options vest as to 20% of the total grant on the date of grant and 20% each anniversary date thereafter.
(5)   The options vest as follows: 292 on 1/1/00, 5,509 on 1/1/01, 5,508 on 1/1/02 and 691 on 1/6/03.
(6)   The options vest as follows: 4,745 on 1/6/03 and 5,245 on 1/6/04.
(7)   The options vest as follows: 13,627 on 1/6/01 and 8,383 on 1/6/02.
(8)   The options vest 8,360 shares on 12/26/00, 2,108 on 12/26/02, 10,565 on 12/26/03 and 10,755 on 12/26/04

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