America's Largest Automotive Retailer Places 32 Dealerships on
Influential List
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AutoNation, Inc.
(NYSE: AN), America's largest automotive retailer, announced today that 32 of
the company's dealerships were named to the Ward's e-Dealer 100 list, the most
comprehensive and well-regarded ranking of dealerships that successfully sell
vehicles through the Internet. AutoNation has dominated the annual listing
for six consecutive years.
"We're proud of our leadership role in online automotive shopping," said
Mike Maroone, AutoNation's President and Chief Operating Officer. "And we're
proud that our efforts have been reflected by Ward's e-Dealer 100 ranking.
Our e-business strategy is to deliver our customers a fast, intuitive and
user-friendly resource, and we've been extremely successful. In fact, by
leveraging online technology, we've been able to cut transaction time in
half."
AutoNation has a deep respect for the value that the Internet plays in the
purchase process. More than 70% of the company's customers use the web as
part of their shopping behavior, a percentage that is expected to increase in
the near future.
"Moving forward, we remain dedicated to developing more innovative online
solutions for our customers," said Maroone. "AutoNation will unveil new
market, dealership and AutoNation.com websites in the second quarter that are
organized completely around customer choice. We look forward to providing our
customers with transparent market pricing along with unprecedented choices in
new and used vehicle inventory. We are continuing to investigate ways to
allow the customer to do more and more of the buying process online".
AutoNation's dealerships listed on Ward's e-100 list and ranking:
#7 Maroone Toyota
#12 Power Toyota Irvine
#16 Power Toyota Tempe
#19 AutoWest Honda Fremont
#23 Power Toyota Cerritos
#25 AutoWay Honda
#31 Lexus of Cerritos
#33 John Elway Toyota
#39 Courtesy Toyota
#46 Hayward Toyota
#47 Champion Toyota Gulf Freeway
#52 Maroone Honda of Hollywood
#54 Mercedes-Benz of South Bay
#56 AutoWay Toyota
#59 Brown & Brown Nissan - Mesa
#62 House of Imports (Mercedes-Benz)
#63 Champion Toyota Austin
#64 Maroone Ford of Miami
#68 Power Toyota Buena Park
#69 Libertyville Toyota
#72 Maroone Ford of Margate
#73 Maroone Ford of Miami
#79 John Elway Honda
#82 Team Nissan of Lithia Springs
#83 Bankston Honda
#86 Bankston Nissan of Lewisville
#88 AutoWest Honda Roseville
#89 Team Toyota
#90 AutoWay Nissan of Brandon
#91 Power Honda Costa Mesa
#92 Courtesy Honda
#100 Power Honda Valencia
For a complete list of the Ward's e-Dealer 100, visit
http://www.wardsdealer.com . For more information about AutoNation, visit
http://www.AutoNation.com .
About AutoNation, Inc.
AutoNation, Inc., headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is America's
largest automotive retailer and a component of the Standard and Poor's 500
Index. AutoNation has approximately 27,000 full-time employees and owns and
operates 345 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.
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