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AutoNation Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Audio Webcast Scheduled for Thursday, February 9, 2006

Feb 1, 2006

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb 01, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN), America's largest automotive retailer, announced today that it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2005 on Thursday, February 9, 2006 before 7:00 am Eastern Time. Mike Jackson, chairman and chief executive officer; Mike Maroone, president and chief operating officer; and Craig Monaghan, 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 800-230-1096 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 pm Eastern Time February 9, 2006 through February 16, 2006 by calling 800-475-6701 (access code #814538).

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 349 new vehicle franchises in 17 states. For additional information, please visit http://corp.AutoNation.com or http://www.AutoNation.com , where more than 100,000 vehicles are available for sale.

SOURCE AutoNation, Inc.

Marc Cannon of AutoNation, +1-954-769-3146, or cannonm@autonation.com
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