AutoNation Announces 1st Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Audio Webcast Scheduled for Thursday, April 24, 2008

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 8, 2008 -- AutoNation, Inc. , America's largest automotive retailer, announced today that it will release its financial results for the 1st quarter ended March 31, 2008 on Thursday, April 24, 2008. Mike Jackson, chairman and chief executive officer, Mike Maroone, president and chief operating officer, and Mike Short, executive vice president and 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 888-769-8515 (pass code: AutoNation) 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 April 24, 2008 through May 1, 2008 by calling 866-463-4964.

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, owns and operates 323 new vehicle franchises in 15 states. For additional information, please visit http://corp.autonation.com/ or www.AutoNation.com, where more than 90,000 vehicles are available for sale.