Sonic Automotive Executives to Speak at the Raymond James Investors Conference

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 6 -- Sonic Automotive, Inc. , a leader in automotive retailing, announced that several company executives will present at the Raymond James 27th Annual Institutional Investors Conference at 1:40 PM on March 6, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida.

The presentation will be webcast at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rj19/sah/. The presentation will also be available at http://www.sonicautomotive.com/ by clicking on the For Investors tab and choosing Webcasts & Presentations on the left side of the monitor.

About Sonic Automotive

Sonic Automotive, Inc., a Fortune 300 company based in Charlotte, N.C., is one of the largest automotive retailers in the United States operating 175 franchises and 38 collision repair centers. Sonic can be reached on the Web at www.sonicautomotive.com.

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