AutoNation Announces 2nd Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call and Audio Webcast...

AutoNation Announces 2nd Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call and Audio
Webcast Scheduled for Friday, July 31, 2009

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --AutoNation, Inc.
(NYSE: AN), America's largest automotive retailer, announced today that it
will release its financial results for the 2nd Quarter ended June 30, 2009 on
Friday, July 31, 2009. Mike Jackson, chairman and chief executive officer,
Mike Maroone, president and chief operating officer, and Mike Short, executive
vice president and 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 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Time.

The conference call may be accessed by phone at 888-769-8515 (pass code:
AutoNation). The webcast may be accessed by the Internet (audio webcast) at
http://www.AutoNation.com "Investor Relations" and then "Webcasts." On the
"Webcasts" page, there will be a link for 2nd Quarter webcast. A playback of
the event will be available after 12:00 pm Eastern TimeJuly 31, 2009 through
August 7, 2009 by calling 866-395-4250, (pass code: 75300).

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 owns and approximately 266 new vehicle franchises in 15 states. For
additional information, please visit http://corp.AutoNation.com or
www.AutoNation.com, where more than 70,000 vehicles are available for sale.

SOURCE AutoNation, Inc.

Marc Cannon, +1-954-769-3146, cannonm@autonation.com; Investor Contact: Derek
Fiebig, +1-954-769-7342, fiebigd@autonation.com, both of AutoNation, Inc.