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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 11-K

x Annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934 for the year ended December 31, 2012.

o Transition report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934

for the transition period from        to       

Commission file number: 001-12297

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from
that of the issuer named below:

Penske Automotive Group 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan

B. Name of the issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the
address of its principal executive office:

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

2555 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302-0954

Penske Automotive Group 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan

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Exhibit 23

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Plan Administrator and Participants of
Penske Automotive Group 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Penske Automotive Group 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2012. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2012, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2012, is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Such schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the basic 2012 financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

Penske Automotive Group 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

December 31, 2012 and 2011

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Penske Automotive Group 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Year Ended December 31, 2012

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Penske Automotive Group 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

1. Description of the Plan

(a) General

The following description of the Penske Automotive Group 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan, as amended through December 31, 2012 (the “Plan”), is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan.

The Plan is a defined contribution savings plan (401(k) plan) covering all eligible employees of Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (the “Company” or “Plan Sponsor”) in the United States who elect to participate in the Plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). The Company’s Employee Benefits Committee (the “Committee”) is the designated administrator of the Plan, and has responsibility for reviewing the performance of the Plan’s investments. For the Plan’s investment holdings, certain asset based fees are paid by the Plan participants. Wells Fargo (the “Trustee” or “Recordkeeper”) serves as the trustee and recordkeeper of the Plan. Participants with balances from plans merged into the Plan due to acquisitions by the Plan Sponsor may retain certain rights of such merged plans.

(b) Eligibility

Full-time employees in the United States, and part-time or temporary employees in the United States who are scheduled to complete 1,000 hours of service in a twelve consecutive month period beginning with their date of hire, are eligible to participate in the Plan on the first day of the calendar month following the date they have completed sixty days of service.

(c) Participant Accounts

Individual accounts are maintained by the Recordkeeper for each of the Plan’s participants. Such accounts include the participant’s contributions and related Employer Match Contributions (as defined below), as adjusted by the net investment return on the participant’s holdings. Participant accounts are also charged with administrative fees.

(d) Contributions

Under the provisions of the Plan, participants may elect to defer, through payroll deductions, a portion of their compensation to the Plan in an amount generally from 1% to 20% of gross earnings on a pre-tax basis. Highly compensated employees (“HCE’s”) are limited to deferring up to 8% of gross earnings on a pre-tax basis. Such contributions may not exceed Internal Revenue Code 402 (g) limitations ($17,000 in 2012). The Plan also permits participants who are 50 or older to make additional contributions of up to $5,500 in 2012. A participant’s elective contributions and any related Company Match Contributions are invested at the direction of the participant. If a participant does not make such an election, he or she is deemed to have elected to invest in an age-appropriate target retirement fund.

The Plan was amended in 2011 to limit the direct investment of no more than 10% of a participant’s additional Pre-Tax Contributions, Employer Matching Contributions, Rollover Contributions and Top Heavy Contributions into the Penske Automotive Common Stock Fund.

During 2012, the Plan Sponsor elected to fund discretionary matching contributions of 37.5% of the first 4% of eligible salary relating to all contributions by participants (“Match Contributions”).  Match Contributions are invested based on participant investment elections or in the default investment if the participant did not make an election.

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Certain HCE’s deferred a portion of their compensation in excess of the Plan limit. The Plan intends to refund the excess contributions and has recorded a participant refund payable for $81,715 relating to these excess contributions.

(e) Notes Receivable from Participants

Participants may borrow from their accounts anywhere from a minimum of $1,000 up to the lesser of 50% of a defined amount credited to their account or $50,000. Loan terms range from 1 to 5 years, or up to 15 years for the purchase of a primary residence. The loans are collateralized by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at a rate commensurate with prevailing rates. Principal and interest is paid ratably through payroll deductions. Repayment of the entire balance is permitted at any time. Participants are limited to having only one loan outstanding at any point in time, and participants are restricted to initiating only one loan in any consecutive 12 month period.

(f) Vesting

Employee contributions to the Plan vest immediately. Employer Match Contributions vest upon the attainment by the participant of three years of credited service.

(g) Investments

As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, participant investment options consisted primarily of common collective trust funds, employer securities, common stock funds and mutual funds. Participants are permitted to change investment options daily.

(h) Payment of Benefits

Upon retirement, death, disability, termination of employment, or attainment of age 59 1/2, the participant or beneficiary may elect to receive a benefit payment in the form of a lump sum distribution. Participants may also make a hardship withdrawal in certain cases of financial need as established by Internal Revenue Service regulations.

(i) Forfeited Accounts

At December 31, 2012 and 2011, forfeited non-vested assets totaled $71,269 and $44,417, respectively, which may be used to pay Plan administration fees and/or Match Contributions.   During 2012, approximately $140,000 of fees and matching contributions were paid by the Plan Sponsor using forfeited amounts.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

(a) Basis of Accounting

The accompanying financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).

(b) Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

Generally, investments are stated at fair value as determined by quoted market prices, other than the Plan’s investment in the Wells Fargo Stable Return Fund (the “Fund”) which is valued based on the underlying investments in the fund and stated at fair value and adjusted to contract value. The Fund holds synthetic and other fully benefit-responsive guaranteed investment contracts (GICs) which are recorded at contract value because they guarantee a minimum rate of return and provide for benefit responsiveness.  Contract value represents contributions made under the contract, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses.  While there are certain Fund and Plan level restrictions that may affect the Fund’s ability to transact at contract value, Plan management believes

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that the occurrence of events that would cause the Fund to transact at less than contract value are not probable of occurring.

Certain funds are divided into units of participation, as determined daily by the Trustee. The daily value of each unit of participation, or net asset value (NAV), is determined by dividing the total fair market value of all assets in the fund by the total number of fund units. Under provisions of the Plan, interest and dividend income and net appreciation or depreciation of the fair value of each investment option are allocated to each Participant’s account based on the change in unit value. There are no restrictions on redemptions or unfunded commitments as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.

Purchases and sales of investments are recorded on a trade date basis.  Dividends are awarded on the ex-dividend date.

(c) Notes Receivable from Participants

Notes receivable from participants are measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest.

(d) Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded upon distribution. There were no amounts allocated to accounts of persons who have elected to withdraw from the Plan, but have not yet been paid, at December 31, 2012. Amounts allocated to accounts of persons who have elected to withdraw from the Plan, but have not yet been paid, were approximately $223,000 at December 31, 2011.

(e) Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, additions, deductions and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in the accompanying financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

(f) Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan provides for various investment options. The underlying investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate risk, market risk and credit risk. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in risk factors in the near term could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits and the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits.

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3. Investments