FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AutoNation, Inc.
(NYSE: AN), America's largest automotive retailer, announced today that it
will release its financial results for the 3rd quarter ended September 30,
2006 on Thursday, October 26, 2006 before 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Mike
Jackson, chairman and chief executive officer, Mike Maroone, president and
chief operating officer, and Alex McAllister, interim chief financial officer,
will discuss these results and information regarding the Company's business
and operating environment during a conference call and audio webcast that same
morning at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
The conference call may be accessed by phone at 888-781-3339 or via the
Internet (audio webcast) at http://www.AutoNation.com by clicking on the
"About Us" link then clicking on "Investors" and then "Webcasts." A playback
of the conference call will be available after 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time October
26, 2006 through November 2, 2006 by calling 800-475-6701 (access code
#844682).
About AutoNation, Inc.
AutoNation, Inc., headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is America's
largest automotive retailer. A component of the Standard and Poor's 500 Index,
AutoNation has approximately 27,000 full-time employees and owns and operates
333 new vehicle franchises in 16 states. For additional information, please
visit http://corp.AutoNation.com or www.AutoNation.com, where more than
100,000 vehicles are available for sale.
SOURCE AutoNation, Inc.
CONTACT: Marc Cannon of AutoNation, Inc., +1-954-769-3146, or
cannonm@autonation.com