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AutoNation USA Opens 2nd Phoenix Area Megastore

18 September 1998

AutoNation USA Opens 2nd Phoenix Area Megastore

    PHOENIX, Sept. 17 -- AutoNation USA will open its second
megastore in the Phoenix area on Monday, September 21 in Phoenix.  The new
AutoNation USA, located at 16506 N. 26th Ave. (I-17 and Bell Road) is the 38th
megastore to open nationally.  AutoNation USA is also located in Chandler,
near the Ray Road exit of I-10.
    Customers on the west side of the Valley will now have access to the high-
quality features and services that make shopping at AutoNation USA an easier
way to buy a preowned vehicle.
    The Phoenix megastore provides features customers have come to know across
the country -- a fully equipped and supervised ChildPlay Center, an AutoGear
USA accessory store and a 26,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Automotive
Service Center.
   AutoNation USA has become the leader in automotive retailing.  Based upon
the input of thousands of people who participate in focus groups, the
examination of customer shopping patterns and behaviors and the survey results
of current and future customers, AutoNation USA implements sales and service
initiatives to give customers what they want.
    "We asked questions to find out what customers like and what they don't
like," said Robert Carmendy, general manager of AutoNation USA in East
Phoenix. "We kept hearing '...make it easy,' and that's what we do.  At
AutoNation USA, 'we make it easy' for customers to buy and own the vehicle
they want."
    Mike Maroone, president of AutoNation USA's Automotive Retail Group,
added, "AutoNation USA is dedicated to providing local car buyers with a
hassle-free, pleasant shopping experience.  The AutoNation USA brand is based
on two very important philosophies:  we respect our customers -- we respect
their time, intelligence and pocketbooks -- and we give our customers
confidence through the entire car-buying and owning process."
    AutoNation USA's new vehicle partners in the Phoenix area include Grubb
Automotive, Brown & Brown Auto Group, Tempe Toyota, and Pitre Automotive
Group.
    AutoNation USA is an operating unit of Republic Industries, Inc.
, a publicly traded company headquartered in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.  Republic Industries operates subsidiaries in the automotive
retailing, automotive rental, automotive financial services, and solid waste
industries.  The Company owns the nation's largest group of franchised
automotive dealerships.  Republic also owns the National, Alamo and CarTemps
USA car rental companies.