AutoNation Announces 4th Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Audio Webcast Scheduled for Thursday, February 7, 2008

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AutoNation, Inc. , America's largest automotive retailer, announced today that it will release its financial results for the 4th quarter and full year ended December 31, 2007 on Thursday February 7, 2008. 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 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

The conference call may be accessed by phone at 888-769-8515 (passcode: AutoNation) 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 p.m. Eastern Time February 7, 2008 through February 14, 2008 by calling 800-759-3449.

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 25,000 full-time employees and owns and operates 325 new vehicle franchises in 16 states. For additional information, please visit http://corp.autonation.com/ or http://www.autonation.com/ , where more than 90,000 vehicles are available for sale.