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AutoNation Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Audio Web Cast Scheduled for Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 14, 2005 -- AutoNation, Inc. , America's largest automotive retailer, announced today that it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2004 on Thursday, February 3, 2005 before 7:00 a.m. 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 web cast that same morning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

The conference call may be accessed by phone at (800-288-8961) or via the Internet (audio web cast) at http://www.autonation.com/ by clicking on the "About Us" link, then clicking on "Investors" and then "Web Casts." A playback of the conference call will be available after 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time February 3 through February 10, 2005 by calling (800) 475-6701 (access code #765878) or via the Internet as outlined above.

About AutoNation, Inc.

AutoNation, Inc., headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is America's largest automotive retailer. Ranked No. 97 on the 2004 Fortune 500 and a component of the Standard and Poor's 500 Index, AutoNation employs approximately 28,000 people and owns and operates 360 new vehicle franchises in 18 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.

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