FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE:
AN), America's largest automotive retailer on and off the web, announced today
that it is scheduled to release its third quarter results of operations on
Thursday, October 26 at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Company will discuss its
third quarter results during a conference call and audio webcast on Thursday,
October 26, 2000, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
Michael J. Jackson, Chief Executive Officer; Michael E. Maroone, President
and Chief Operating Officer; and Craig T. Monaghan, Chief Financial Officer,
will provide an overview of the Company's third quarter performance and an
outlook for the remainder of the year.
To listen live to the conference call, dial 800-260-0702 or listen via an
audio webcast by visiting www.autonation.com and clicking on the "Visit Our
Corporate Site" icon. A playback of the conference call will be available
after 2:00 p.m. through November 3, 2000. The playback can be accessed by
calling 800-475-6701 (access code: 543271) or by visiting the Audio
Presentations section of the Investor Relations page of AutoNation's corporate
site.
Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, AutoNation offers the country's
most extensive owned-inventory of new and used vehicles, along with one of the
Internet's most comprehensive packages of easy-to-use direct shopping tools.
The 2000 Fortune 500 list ranks AutoNation at number 63, while the Company is
ranked 168th in the 2000 Fortune Global 500. More information is available at
AutoNation's corporate web site at www.autonation.com.
SOURCE AutoNation, Inc.
CONTACT: Kevin Courtney of AutoNation, Inc., 954-769-2850, or
courtneyk@autonation.com/