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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2

                               FOURTH AMENDMENT TO
                            GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
                        1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

         WHEREAS, GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC. (the "Company") has heretofore
adopted the GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC. 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (the
"Plan"); and

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan in certain respects;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan shall be amended as follows, effective as of
February 20, 2002:

         1. Section 2(g) of the Plan shall be deleted, and the following shall
be substituted therefor:

         "(g) "Eligible Compensation" means the total of all wages, salaries,
         fees for professional service and other amounts received in cash or in
         kind by a participant for services actually rendered or labor performed
         for his employer while a participant and an employee to the extent such
         amounts are includable in gross income, subject to the following
         adjustments and limitations:

                  (i)      The following shall be excluded:

                           (A)      reimbursements and other expense allowances;

                           (B)      cash and noncash fringe benefits;

                           (C)      moving expenses;

                           (D) employer contributions to or payments from this
                  or any other deferred compensation program, whether such
                  program is qualified under section 401(a) of the Code or
                  nonqualified;

                           (E)      welfare benefits;

                           (F) amounts realized from the receipt or exercise of
                  a stock option that is not an incentive stock option within
                  the meaning of section 422 of the Code;

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                           (G) amounts realized at the time property described
                  in section 83 of the Code is freely transferable or no longer
                  subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture;

                           (H) amounts realized as a result of an election
                  described in section 83(b) of the Code;

                           (I) any amount realized as a result of a
                  disqualifying disposition within the meaning of section 421(a)
                  of the Code; and

                           (J) any other amounts that receive special tax
                  benefits under the Code but are not hereinafter included.

                  (ii) Elective contributions made on a participant's behalf by
         his employer that are not includable in income under section 125 or
         section 402(e)(3) of the Code and any amounts that are not includable
         in the gross income of a participant under a salary reduction agreement
         by reason of the application of section 132(f) of the Code shall be
         included."

         2. As amended hereby, the Plan is specifically ratified and reaffirmed.<PAGE>
                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.3

                               FIFTH AMENDMENT TO
                            GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
                        1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

         WHEREAS, GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC. (the "Company") has heretofore
adopted the GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC. 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (the
"Plan"); and

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan in certain respects;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan shall be amended as follows:

         1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 hereof, the first sentence
of paragraph 6 of the Plan shall be deleted and the following shall be
substituted therefore:

                  "Subject to the provisions of paragraph 13, the aggregate
                  number of shares which may be sold pursuant to options granted
                  under the Plan shall not exceed 2,000,000 shares of the
                  authorized Stock, which shares may be unissued shares or
                  reacquired shares, including shares bought on the market or
                  otherwise for purposes of the Plan."

         2. This Fifth Amendment to the Plan shall be effective as of February
26, 2003, provided that this Fifth Amendment to the Plan is approved by the
stockholders of the Company at the 2003 annual meeting of the Company's
stockholders. No more than 1,500,000 shares of Stock (the number of shares
currently subject to the Plan) shall be issued or delivered under the Plan prior
to such stockholder approval. If the stockholders fail to approve this Fifth
Amendment to the Plan as provided above, then the Company shall promptly refund
to each participant the amount of such participant's payroll deductions under
the Plan that may not be used to purchase in excess of the 1,500,000 shares
currently subject to the Plan.

         3. As amended hereby, the Plan is specifically ratified and reaffirmed.<PAGE>
                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.7

                      AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE GADZOOKS, INC.
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

         The Gadzooks, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") is hereby
amended in the following respects effective November 29, 2001:

         1. The period at the end of the last sentence of Section 3.1 shall be
deleted and the following clause shall be added at the end of such sentence:

         ; provided, however, that if an Employee does not actually participate
         in the Offering commencing on such Plan Entry Date then the Offering
         that the Employee may first participate in is any Offering that
         commences on the first day of any calendar quarter that occurs after
         such Plan Entry Date.

         2. The first sentence of Section 3.4 of the Plan is hereby amended to
read as follows:

         An eligible Employee may become a Participant, subject to the other
         provisions of the Plan (including without limitation Sections 3.1 and
         8.2), by completing an authorization for a payroll deduction on the
         form provided by the Company and filing it with the Company on or
         before the date set therefor by the Committee, which date shall be
         prior to the Offering Commencement Date for the Offering (as such terms
         are defined below).

         3. The text of Section 8.2 of the Plan is hereby amended to read as
follows:

         A Participant's withdrawal from participation in the Plan during, or at
         the conclusion of, any Offering will disqualify the Participant from
         again participating in the Plan until a subsequent Offering that
         commences on the first day of calendar quarter.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed on behalf of
Gadzooks, Inc. as of the 29th day of November, 2001, by the officer signing
below.

                                 GADZOOKS, INC.

                                 Name:   /s/ James A. Motley
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                                 Title:     VP and CFO
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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.8

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 3
                              TO THE GADZOOKS, INC.
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

         The Gadzooks, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "PLAN") is hereby
amended as follows:

         1. Section 4.1 of the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its
         entirety to read as follows:

         "4.1. Annual Offerings. The Plan will be implemented by 180 monthly
         offerings of the Company's Common Stock (the "OFFERINGS") commencing
         respectively on April 1, 1998 and the first day of each calendar month
         thereafter, ending with March 31, 2013. Each Offering shall terminate
         on the last day of each such month respectively. The aggregate number
         of shares that may be issued under the Plan is 110,000 minus the number
         of shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 12.3 hereof) that
         have been issued under the Plan prior to March 30, 2000. The
         commencement date of each Offering ("OFFERING COMMENCEMENT DATE") shall
         be the first day of each calendar month in the period beginning April
         1, 1998 and ending March 31, 2013. The termination date of each
         Offering ("OFFERING TERMINATION DATE") shall be the last day of each
         such calendar month."

         2. Section 12.5 of the Plan shall be amended by the addition at the end
         thereof of the following language:

         "Amendment No. 3 to the Plan shall become effective as of April 23,
         2002, subject to approval by the holders of the majority of the Common
         Stock present and represented at a special or annual meeting of the
         shareholders held on or before December 31, 2002. If Amendment No. 3 to
         the Plan is not so approved, the Amendment shall not become effective."

         3. In all other respects, the Plan shall remain unchanged and in full
         force and effect.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the foregoing Amendment is hereby duly executed by
the corporate officer signing below as of April 23, 2002.

                                 GADZOOKS, INC.

                                 By:     /s/ James A. Motley
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                                 Name:      James A. Motley
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                                 Title:     Vice President, CFO and Secretary
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