UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                  ---------------------- 
    FORM 4                                        Washington, D.C. 20549                                    |     OMB APPROVAL    | 
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{} Check this box if                STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES             | 3235-0287           | 
     no longer subject to                                                                                  | Expires:            | 
     Section 16.  Form 4 or                                                                                | November 30, 2011   |  
     Form 5 obligations may                                                                                | Estimated average   | 
     continue. See Instruction                                                                             | burden hours per    |  
     1(b).                                                                                                 | response 0.5        | 
                          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(h) of the 
(Print or Type Responses)                          Investment Company Act of 1940 


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|1. Name and Address of    | 2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol      | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)          | 
|  Reporting Person*       |                                                   |    to Issuer  (Check all applicable)            |
|DEBOER SIDNEY B           |LITHIA MOTORS INC                           LAD    | __X__ Director          _____ 10% Owner         |
|                          |                                                   | _____ Officer           _____ Other             | 
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|(Last)    (First) (Middle)|3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)   | (give title below)              (specify  below)|
|                          | 05-01-2024                                        |                                                 |
|150 N. BARTLETT ST,       |---------------------------------------------------|                                                 |
|     (Street)             |4.If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)|-------------------------------------------------|
|                          |                                                   | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing             |
|MEDFORD    - OR - 97501   |                                                   |     (Check Applicable Line)                     |
| (City)    (State)  (Zip) |                                                   |   _X_  Form filed by One Reporting Person       | 
|                          |                                                   |   ___  Form filed by More than One              |
|                          |                                                   |         Reporting Person                        | 

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                      Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 
                                                                                                                           
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| 1.              |  2.      |  2a.     | 3.           |  4.                     | 5.            |  6.        |   7.             | 
| Title of        |  Trans-  |  Deemed  | Transaction  |  Securities Acquired    | Amount of Sec |  Ownership |   Nature of      | 
| Security        |  action  |  Execut. | Code         |  (A) or Disposed of (D) | Beneficially  |  Form:     |   Indirect       | 
| (Instr. 3)      |  Date    |  Date    | (Instr. 8)   |  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)    |Owned Following|  Direct    |   Beneficial     | 
|                 |----------|----------|---------|----|----------|-----|--------| Transaction(s)|  (D) or    |   Ownership      | 
|                 |  (Month/ |  (Month/ |         |    |          | (A) |        |               |  Indirect  |   (Instr. 4)     | 
|                 |  Day/    |  Day/    |         |    |          | or  |        | (Instr. 3 and |  (I)       |                  | 
|                 |  Year)   |  Year)   |   Code  |  V |   Amount | (D) | Price  | 4)            |  Instr. 4) |                  | 
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|Lithia Motors Inc|05-01-2024|          |F        |    |86        |D    |$254.38 |17,376         |D           |                  |
| Common Stock    |          |          |         |    |          |     |        |               |            |                  |
|                 |          |          |         |    |#1        |     |        |               |            |                  |
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|Lithia Motors Inc|          |          |         |    |          |     |        |100,000        |I           |by Trust          |
| Common Stock    |          |          |         |    |          |     |        |               |            |                  |
|                 |          |          |         |    |          |     |        |               |            |#2                |
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                            Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 
                                      (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 
                                                                                                                             
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|1.      |2.      | 3.      | 3a.     |4.     | 5.           |  6.            | 7.           |8.     |9.      |10.     |11.      | 
|Title of|Conver- | Trans-  | Deemed  |Trans- | Number of    | Date           | Title and    |Price  |Number  |Owner-  |Nature of| 
|Deriv-  |sion or | action  | Execu.  |action | Deriv-       | Exercisable    | Amount of    |of     |of      |ship    |Indirect | 
|ative   |Exercise| Date    | Date    |Code   | ative        | and Expira-    | Underlying   |Deriv- |Deriv-  |Form    |Benefici.|  
|Security|Price of| (Month/ | (Month/ |(Instr.| Securities   | tion Date      | Securities   |ative  |ative   |of      |Ownership| 
|(Instr. |Deriv-  | Day/    | Day/    |8)     | Acquired     | (Month/Day/    | (Instr. 3    |Secur- |Secur-  |Deriv-  |(Instr. 4| 
| 3)     |ative   | Year)   | Year)   |       | (A) or       | Year)          |  and 4)      |ity    |ities   |ative   |         | 
|        |Security|         |         |       | Disposed of  |----------------|--------------|(Instr.|Bene-   |Secur-  |         | 
|        |        |         |         |-------| (D) (Instr.  |       |        |      |       | 5)    |ficially|ity     |         | 
|        |        |         |         |    |  | 3, 4 and 5)  |       |        |      |Amount |       |Owned   |Direct  |         | 
|        |        |         |         |    |  |--------------|       |        |      |or     |       |folowing|(D) or  |         | 
|        |        |         |         |    |  |      |       |Date   |Expira- |      |Number |       |reported|Indirect|         | 
|        |        |         |         |    |  |      |       |Exer-  |tion    |      |of     |       |tran.(s)|(I)     |         | 
|        |        |         |         |Code| V|  (A) |  (D)  |cisable|Date    |Title |Shares |       |(Inst.4)|Instr. 4|         | 
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|                                      |          Relationships                    |
|  Reporting Owner Name / Address      +----------+----------+----------+-------- -+
|                                      | Director |10% Owner | Officer  |  Other   |
+--------------------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|DEBOER SIDNEY B                       |    X     |    .     |          |          |
|150 N. BARTLETT ST                    |          |          |          |          |
|MEDFORD OR 97501                      |          |          |          |          |
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Explanation of Responses:

 1 Shares withheld for payment of taxes on vesting of restricted stock units; not an o
 pen market transaction.                                                              
 2 By The Sidney B. DeBoer Trust and DeBoer Family LLC. The reporting person is the se
 ttlor of the Sidney B. DeBoer Trust, and the Sidney B. DeBoer Trust is revocable by t
 he reporting person at any time at the reporting person's option.  DeBoer Family LLC 
 is the direct owner of the securities and the Sidney B. DeBoer Trust is a member and 
 the sole manager of DeBoer Family LLC.                                               


Remarks: 



Signatures

/s/ Kevin Cundick, Attorney-in-Fact                          / 05-01-2024
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