SECOND AMENDMENT TO GUARANTY AND SUBORDINATION AGREEMENTS

Exhibit 10.41

SECOND AMENDMENT TO GUARANTY

AND SUBORDINATION AGREEMENTS

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO GUARANTY AND SUBORDINATION AGREEMENTS (this “Amendment”) is executed as of March 12, 2009, but shall be deemed effective as of December 31, 2008, by and between Capital Automotive L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and its related affiliates referenced in the attached Schedule A (“collectively, Landlord”), and Sonic Automotive, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Guarantor”).

RECITALS:

A. Landlord, as landlord, and certain affiliates of Guarantor, as tenants, are parties to certain Lease Agreements, as amended, that are more particularly described in Schedule A attached hereto (the “Leases”).

B. As a material inducement for Landlord to enter into the Leases, Guarantor executed certain corresponding Guaranty and Subordination Agreements (as amended, collectively referred to herein as the “Guaranties” or each individually as the “Guaranty”), also described on Schedule A , pursuant to which Guarantor guaranteed performance of all obligations of Tenants under the Leases, including but not limited to payment of rent and all other payments required under each Lease, for the benefit of Landlord. Previously, the parties entered into that certain Amendment to Guaranty and Subordination Agreements dated as of January 1, 2005 that amended certain financial covenants of each Guaranty.

C. The Guarantor has now requested, and Landlord agreed to amend the Guaranties to make certain additional modifications to certain financial covenants contained therein, upon the terms and conditions and as more particularly set forth herein below.

D. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to such terms in the Guaranty.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein below and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, Guarantor and Landlord, intending legally to be bound, hereby agree as follows:

1. Amendments to Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The parties have agreed to modify certain financial covenants in Section 9 (the financial covenant in Section 9(d), EBTDAR To Rent Ratio, is not being amended), as follows:

a. Section 9(e) of each of the Guaranties is hereby amended by deleting Section 9(e), Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, in its entirety, and substituting in lieu thereof a new Section 9(e), as follows:

(e) Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Guarantor shall provide to Landlord within (A) forty-five days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year and (B) ninety days after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of each fiscal year, a written calculation, prepared by Guarantor and certified by Guarantor’s chief financial officer, evidencing that Guarantor has not permitted the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio at any time during any period of the last four fiscal quarters to be less than 1.20 to 1.00, determined as set for below and, taken as a whole, based on the Quarterly Statements and Annual Statements delivered to Landlord pursuant to Section 9(c) above. For purposes of this Guaranty, “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the difference of (i) Consolidated EBITDAR for the four fiscal quarter period ending on such date minus (ii) an amount equal to $150,000 (representing assumed maintenance capital expenditures) multiplied by the average daily number of physical dealership locations at which the Subsidiaries operated franchised vehicle dealerships during such period to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period.

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b. A new Section, Section 9(f), Consolidated Liquidity Ratio, is hereby added to each of the Guaranties, as follows:

(f) Consolidated Liquidity Ratio. Guarantor shall provide to Landlord within (A) forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year and (B) ninety days after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of each fiscal year, a written calculation, prepared by Guarantor and certified by Guarantor’s chief financial officer, evidencing that Guarantor has not permitted the Consolidated Liquidity Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter to be less than 1.15 to 1.00, based on the Quarterly Statements and Annual Statements delivered to Landlord pursuant to Section 9(c) above. “Consolidated Liquidity Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the sum of Consolidated Current Assets plus the Revolving Facility Liquidity Amount to (b) the sum of (i) Consolidated Current Liabilities plus (ii) Indebtedness (whether or not reflected as Indebtedness under GAAP) under all floorplan financing arrangements (but excluding (x) Total Revolving Outstandings and (y) liabilities arising under the 5.25% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due May 7, 2009 issued by the Guarantor in an initial aggregate principal amount of $149,500,000, other than such Total Revolving Outstandings and such liabilities under the 5.25% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes which are scheduled to be due within the two (2) fiscal quarters following such date of determination).

c. A new Section, Section 9(g), Consolidated Total Senior Secured Debt To EBITDA Ratio, is hereby added to each of the Guaranties, as follows:

(g) Consolidated Total Senior Secured Debt to EBITDA Ratio. Guarantor shall provide to Landlord within (A) forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year and (B) ninety days after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of each fiscal year, a written calculation, prepared by Guarantor and certified by Guarantor’s chief financial officer, evidencing that Guarantor has not permitted the Consolidated Total Senior Secured Debt to EBITDA Ratio at any time during any period of four fiscal quarters to be greater than 2.25 to 1.00, based on the Quarterly Statements and Annual Statements delivered to Landlord pursuant to Section 9(c) above. For purposes of this Guaranty, “Consolidated Total Senior Secured Debt to EBITDA Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Outstanding Senior Secured Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness under the New Vehicle Floorplan Facility and Permitted Silo Indebtedness) as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended.

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d. A new Section, Section 9(h), Compliance with the Credit Agreement, is hereby added to each of the Guaranties, as follows:

(h) Compliance with the Credit Agreement. It shall be a default by Guarantor under the Guaranties (and a default under the Leases) if Guarantor shall fail to be in compliance or perform all of its covenants, obligations and conditions (including but not limited to payment obligations and financial covenants) beyond the passage of any applicable notice, if required, and cure periods under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of February 17, 2006 entered into with Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent (“Administrative Agent”), and other lenders, as the same be amended, modified, extended, substituted or replaced from time to time (the “Credit Agreement”). Guarantor shall also provide to Landlord within (A) forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year and (B) ninety days after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of each fiscal year, (i) a written statement, prepared by Guarantor and certified by Guarantor’s chief financial officer, representing that Guarantor is in compliance with all of its covenants, obligations, and conditions under the Credit Agreement, and (ii) a copy of the executed quarterly compliance certificate(s) and related documents submitted to Administrative Agent (the “Credit Agreement Compliance Certificate”) certifying its compliance with its financial covenants under the Credit Agreement. A copy of the current form of such Credit Agreement Compliance Certificate related to the Credit Agreement is attached as Exhibit A as an example of such compliance certificate.

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e. A new Section, Section 9(i), Compliance with Other Financing Agreements, is hereby added to each of the Guaranties, as follows:

(i) Compliance with Other Financing Agreements. It shall be a default by Guarantor under the Guaranties (and a default under the Leases) if Guarantor (a) shall fail to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) with respect to any existing or future Indebtedness (as defined below) having an aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 (Twenty-Five Million Dollars) or more, as the same may be amended, modified, extended, substituted or replaced from time to time (collectively referred to herein as the “Other Financing Agreements” or each individually as the “Other Financing Agreement”) or (b) shall fail to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to the Other Financing Agreements, or contained in any agreement evidencing securing or relating to the Other Financing Agreements, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause or to permit the administrative agent, trustee, or other lender to cause, with the giving of notice, if required, any Indebtedness relating to any Other Financing Agreement to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), prior to its stated maturity. Guarantor shall also provide to Landlord within (A) forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year and (B) ninety days after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of each fiscal year, (i) a written statement, prepared by Guarantor and certified by Guarantor’s chief financial officer, representing whether Guarantor is in compliance with all of its covenants, obligations, and conditions under the Other Financing Agreements, and, if Guarantor is not in compliance with any Other Financing Agreement(s), the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness under such Other Financing Agreement(s), and (ii) a copy of the executed quarterly compliance certificate(s) and related documents submitted to any administrative agent or lender pursuant to the Other Financing Agreements certifying whether Guarantor is in compliance with Guarantor’s financial covenants under the Other Financing Agreements.

f. A new Section, Section 9(j), Changes To/Eliminations of/Waivers of the Credit Agreement Financial Covenants, is hereby added to each of the Guaranties, as follows:

(j) Changes To/Eliminations of/Waivers of the Credit Agreement Financial Covenants.

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For purposes of the foregoing Sections 9(e-j), as applicable, the following definitions shall apply and are hereby added to the end of Section 9 as follows:

“ Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” Definitions (Section 9(e)):

“Consolidated EBITDAR” means for any period, on a consolidated basis for the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, the sum of the amounts for such period, without dupli c ation, of (a) Consolidated Net Income from Continuing Operations, plus (b) to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income from Continuing Operations for such period: (i) Consolidated Interest Expense with respect to non-floorplan Indebtedness, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense with respect to Used Vehicle floorplan Indebtedness, (iii) charges against income for foreign, Federal, state and local income taxes, (iv) depreciation expense, (v) amortization expense, including, without limitation, amortization of other intangible assets and transaction costs, (vi) non-cash charges, (vii) all extraordinary losses and (viii) Consolidated Rental Expense, minus (c) to the extent included in c omputing Consolidated Net Income from Continuing Operations for such period, extraordinary gains.

“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period, the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense with respect to non-floorplan Indebtedness for such period, plus (b) Consolidated Interest Expense with respect to Used Vehicle floorplan Indebtedness for such period, plus (c)

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Consolidated Principal Payments for such period, plus (d) Consolidated Rental Expenses for such period, plus (e) Federal, state, local and foreign income taxes paid in cash by the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such period.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, for the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) all interest (before factory assistance or subsidy), premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, and (b) the portion of rent expense of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries with respect to such period under capital leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Net Income from Continuing Operations” means, for any period, for the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the net income from continuing operations of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries for such period.

“Consolidated Principal Payments” means, for any period, for the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, all scheduled payments of principal of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries in connection with Indebtedness for money borrowed or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets which payments are made during such period, in each case to the extent treated as principal in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Rental Expense” means, for any period, on a consolidated basis for the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, the aggregate amount of fixed and contingent rentals payable by the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries with respect to leases of real and personal property (excluding capital lease obligations) determined in accordance with GAAP for such period.

“ Consolidated Liquidity Ratio” Definitions (Section9(f)):

“Consolidated Current Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the current assets of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date.

“Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, as of any date of determination, the current liabilities of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date.

“Revolving Facility Liquidity Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of:

(a) the difference of the Revolving Advance Limit minus Total Revolving Outstanding, and (b) the largest principal amount of Revolving Committed Loans that may then be borrowed under the Revolving Credit Facility without resulting in an Event of Default under Section 7.11 (c) (on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which a Compliance Certificate was delivered or required to be delivered), after giving pro forma effect to such Revolving Committed Loans.

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“Revolving Advance Limit” means, as of any date of a Revolving Borrowing or other date of determination, calculated as of the most recent date for which a Revolving Borrowing Base Certificate has been delivered pursuant to the terms hereof, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (ii) the Revolving Borrowing Base minus, in each case, the amount of the Reserve Commitment, if any, in existence at the time of determination.

“Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans and all L / C Obligations.

“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

(b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap C ontract;

(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, not past due for more than 60 days after the date on which such trade account payable was created);

(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

(f) capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations;

(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity

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Interest in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and

(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any capital lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.

“ Consolidated Total Senior Secured Debt to EBITDA Ratio” Definitions (Section9(g)):

“Consolidated Total Outstanding Senior Secured Indebtedness” means, for any period, for the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries other than (i) Subordinated Indenture Indebtedness, (ii) Subordinated Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(j) and (iii) any Permitted Real Estate Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(l)).

“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, for the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, (b) all purchase money Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments, (d) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), (e) Attributable Indebtedness in respect of capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations, (f) without duplication, all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (e) above of Persons other than the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, and (g) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Guarantor or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Guarantor or such Subsidiary.

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“New Vehicle Floorplan Facilit y ” means the new vehicle floorplan facility described in Sections 2.06 through 2.10 providing for New Vehicle Floorplan Loans to the New Vehicle Borrowers by the New Vehicle Floorplan Lenders.

“Permitted Silo Indebtedness” means Indebtedness incurred from time to time by the Guarantor or any current or (so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing) future Silo Subsidiary or Dual Subsidiary consisting of floorplan financing for New Vehicles (and in the case of Specified BMW Franchises, Used Vehicles) provided by manufacturer-affiliated finance companies to the Guarantor, Silo Subsidiaries or Dual Subsidiaries, provided that (i) such financing applies only to DaimlerChrysler AG, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Corporation New Vehicles sold to such Silo Subsidiary or Dual Subsidiary by the respective manufacturer affiliated with said finance company, or in the case of Used Vehicles at Specified BMW Franchises originally sold by BMW of North America, LLC, and that (as contemplated by the intercreditor agreement described in clause (iv) below) are not subject to a first priority security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, (ii) such Indebtedness is secured solely by a Lien on said Vehicles sold and so financed and the proceeds thereof or one or more cash collateral accounts maintained with (or letters of credit in favor of) such manufacturer-affiliated finance companies in an aggregate amount consistent with past practice and acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, (iii) such Silo Subsidiaries or Dual Subsidiaries, as the case may be, own, and such Vehicles are held as Inventory at, dealerships that are franchisees of DaimlerChrysler AG, BMW of North America, LLC, General Motors Corporation or Ford Motor Corporation and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall have executed with said affiliate finance company an intercreditor agreement, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth the respective rights of each party in the assets of the Guarantor and such dealerships.

“Consolidated EBITDA” means for any period, on a consolidated basis for the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, the sum of the amounts for such period, without duplication, of (a) Consolidated Net Income from Continuing Operations, plus (b) to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income from Continuing Operations for such period: (i) Consolidated Interest Expense with respect to non-floorplan Indebtedness, excluding any Consolidated Real Property Interest Expense, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense with respect to Used Vehicle floorplan Indebtedness, (iii) charges against income for foreign, Federal, state and local income taxes, (iv) depreciation expense, (v) amortization expense,

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including, without limitation, amortization of other intangible assets and transaction costs, (vi) non-cash charges, and (vii) all extraordinary losses, minus (c) to the extent included in computing Consolidated Net Income from Continuing Operations for such period, extraordinary gains.

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means unsecured subordinated Indebtedness of the Guarantor (which may be guaranteed by the Subsidiaries of the Guarantor on an unsecured basis) provided , such Indebtedness (a) is subordinated to payment of the Obligations on terms that are, in the aggregate, no less favorable to the Lenders and the other Secured Parties in any material respect than the subordination provisions contained in the Subordinated Indenture Indebtedness, (b) does not have a maturity earlier than the Maturity Date, and (c) has terms that are no more restrictive than the terms of the Loan Documents, and further provided, after giving effect to the issuance of such Indebtedness, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a result thereof.

“Subordinated Indenture Indebtedness” means, collectively or individually, as the context may require, Indebtedness of the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries incurred or outstanding under any of the 2002 Indenture, the 2003 Indenture, the 2002 Indenture Notes or the 2003 Indenture Notes.

“Consolidated Real Property Interest Expense” means, for any period, for the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of all interest (before factory assistance or subsidy), premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries in connection with Permitted Real Estate Indebtedness.

2. Ratification. Except as otherwise expressly modified by the terms of this Amendment, each Guaranty shall remain unchanged and continue in full force and effect. All terms, covenants and conditions of each Guaranty not expressly modified herein are hereby confirmed and ratified and remain in full force and effect, and, as were amended hereby, constitute valid and binding obligations of Guarantor enforceable according to the terms thereof.

3. Authority. Guarantor hereby covenants and warrants that: (i) the Guarantor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of its organization, (ii) Guarantor has full right and authority to enter into this Amendment, and (iii) the persons signing on behalf of Guarantor is authorized to do so on behalf of each such entity.

4. Binding Effect. All of the covenants contained in this Amendment, including, but not limited to, all covenants of the Guaranty as modified hereby, shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives and permitted successors and assigns.

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5. Effectiveness. The submission of this Amendment shall not constitute an offer, and this Amendment shall not be effective and binding, unless and until fully executed and delivered by each of the parties hereto.

6. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same Amendment.

7. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are intended to be a material part of this Amendment and are incorporated herein by this reference.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has executed this Amendment as of the date first above written, and Landlord acknowledges and consents to this Amendment.

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