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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-04-10</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001144980</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NYSE: ABG</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000920539</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FS EQUITY PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL L P</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O PAGET-BROWN &amp; COMPANY, LTD.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>WEST WINDS BUILDING, THIRD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GRAND CAYMAN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>E9</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode></rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>CAYMAN ISLANDS</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001045621</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O PAGET-BROWN &amp; COMPAY, LTD.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>WEST WINDS BUILDING, THIRD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GRAND CAYMAN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>E9</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode></rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>CAYMAN ISLANDS</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common stock, par value $.01 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-04-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>31295</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>27.37</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>61373</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By MCC International Holdings II, LTD.</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The shares were sold in an underwritten offering to the public at a price of $27.37 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">FS Equity Partners International L.P. (the &quot;Partnership&quot;) sold these shares with other affiliates and affiliated funds of Freeman Spogli &amp; Co. in the underwritten offering.  The Partnership is the sole stockholder of MCC International Holdings II, LTD. (&quot;Holdings&quot;) and beneficially owns all of the shares of the Issuer held by Holdings.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">FS &amp; Co. International, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (the &quot;General Partner&quot;), is the sole general partner of the Partnership.  FS International Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (&quot;FS International Holdings&quot;), is the sole general partner of the General Partner.  Each of the General Partner and FS International Holdings disclaim beneficial ownership of the Issuer's shares held by the Partnership, except to the extent of their indirect pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">John M. Roth is a director of the Issuer.  Mr. Roth is a director, officer and shareholder of FS International Holdings.  Mr. Roth disclaims beneficial ownership of the Issuer's shares indirectly owned by FS International Holdings, except to the extent of his individual, indirect pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Lynne A. Burgess, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-04-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
