Sonic Automotive Executives to Speak at Investor Conferences

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 13 -- Sonic Automotive, Inc. , a leader in automotive retailing, announced that several company executives will present at the Stephens 2006 Consumer Conference and at the Bank of America Consumer Conference.

The Company's presentation at the Stephens conference will be at 1:30 p.m. on March 14, 2006 at the Waldorf-Asotoria hotel in New York. A webcast of the presentation will be available at: http://www.wsw.com/webcast/stph2/sah/.

The Company's presentation at the Bank of America conference will be at 3:30 p.m. on March 15, 2006 at the New York Palace Hotel. A webcast of the presentation will be available at: http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/consumer06/id15209438.cfm.

Both presentations will 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 176 franchises and 38 collision repair centers. Sonic can be reached on the Web at www.sonicautomotive.com.

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