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                                 EXHIBIT 2.5

                 SECOND AMENDMENT TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

    This  Second Amendment to Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Amendment") is
made and entered into this 30th day of April, 1997, by and among CROSS-
CONTINENT AUTO RETAILERS, INC., a Delaware corporation ("C-CAR"), JACK BIEGGER,
DALE EDWARDS, and SAHARA NISSAN, INC., a Nevada corporation, d/b/a JACK BIEGGER
NISSAN (the "Company").

                                   RECITALS

    A.   By that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated February 28, 1997, by
and among C-CAR, Jack Biegger, Dale Edwards, and the Company; Jack Biegger and
Dale Edwards agreed to sell all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company to C-CAR.

    B.   The Stock Purchase Agreement was amended by that certain Amendment to
Stock Purchase Agreement dated March 17, 1997, by and between C-CAR, Jack
Biegger, Dale Edwards and the Company.

    C.   The Stock Purchase Agreement, as amended by the Amendment to Stock
Purchase Agreement, shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Agreement."

    D.   C-CAR, Jack Biegger, Dale Edwards, and the Company desire to amend the
Agreement.

                                  AGREEMENT

    For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, C-CAR, Jack Biegger, Dale Edwards, and the Company agree
as follows:

    1.   Paragraph 5 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted therefor:

         "Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
         Agreement, the closing ("Closing") of the purchase and sale
         of the Shares shall take place at the offices of Singer,
         Brown & Barringer, 520 S. Fourth Street, Las Vegas, Nevada
         89101, or at such other place as may be mutually agreed upon
         by Purchase and Sellers, as soon as practicable following
         the date on which all conditions to the obligations of the
         parties hereunder (other than those requiring the taking of
         action at the Closing) have been satisfied or waived, but no
         later than June 10, 1997 (effective as of May 31, 1997). 
         The date on which the Closing is to occur is hereinafter
         referred to as the "Closing Date."  Any other provision of
         this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if Sellers
         have not obtained the consent of Nissan Motor Corporation,
         U.S.A. prior to May 31, 1997, either Purchase or Sellers
         shall have the right to extend the Closing Date thirty (30)
         days by giving written notice to the other parties.

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    2.   As modified by this Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

    3.   This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada.

    4.   This Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective heirs, administrators, executors,
successors and assigns.


                                      CROSS-CONTINENT AUTO RETAILERS, INC.,
                                      a Delaware corporation


                                      By:   /s/ Bill Gilliland
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                                         Bill Gilliland, 
                                         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


   /s/ Jack Biegger                   SAHARA NISSAN, INC., a Nevada corporation,
---------------------------------             d/b/a JACK BIEGGER NISSAN
JACK BIEGGER

  /s/ Dale Edwards                    By:   /s/ Jack Biegger
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DALE EDWARDS                             Jack Biegger, President

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