Sonic Automotive Executive to Speak at the Banc of America Securities 2005 Consumer Conference on March 16, 2005

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 14 -- Sonic Automotive, Inc. , a leader in automotive retailing, announced that Lee Wyatt, executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, will present at the Banc of America Securities 2005 Consumer Conference at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday, March 16 at the New York Palace Hotel in New York.

The presentation will be available for download after the March 14 presentation at http://www.sonicautomotive.com/ by clicking on the Investor Relations tab and choosing Investor Presentations from the list on the left side of the monitor.

Banc of America Securities LLC ("BAS"), a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, is a full-service U.S. investment bank and brokerage firm with principal offices in San Francisco, New York, and Charlotte. Together with its U.K. affiliate, Banc of America Securities Limited ("BASL"), the firm delivers capital raising, financial advisory and risk management solutions, bulge- bracket trading and global distribution services, and objective research on global markets and growth sectors to corporations, institutional investors, financial institutions and government entities.

About Sonic Automotive, Inc.

Sonic Automotive, Inc., a Fortune 300 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is among the largest automotive retailers in the United States operating 192 franchises and 40 collision repair centers in 15 states. For more information about Sonic Automotive, visit http://www.sonicautomotive.com/ .

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