The Auto Channel
The Largest Independent Automotive Research Resource
The Largest Independent Automotive Research Resource
Official Website of the New Car Buyer

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

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 1, 2006 -- AutoNation, Inc. , 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.

Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001017/AUTONATIONLOGO
AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/
PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com Audio: http://www.autonation.com/

Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/750525.html