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Company operations

AutoNation, Inc. is the largest automotive retailer in the United States.^[4] AutoNation has 272 dealerships nationwide, and employs approximately 27,000 employees. Autonation sells 37 different manufacturer brands nationwide. AutoNation outsells every other automotive retailer in the U.S. and is ranked #115 on the 2006 Fortune 500.^[1] The company has a significant internet presence, offering its entire inventory for online searching.^[5]

Total company revenue is as follows:

• 59% New Vehicles ($11.5 billion in 2005)
• 23% Used Vehicles ($4.4 billion in 2005)
• 14% Parts and Service ($2.2 billion in 2005)
• 3% Financing and Insurance ($615 million in 2005)

AutoNation brands

Instead of supporting a national mark, AutoNation has developed a unique brand name for its dealerships in each market.

These include the following:

• Appleway -- Spokane, Idaho
• Autoway -- Tampa Bay
• Autowest -- Sacramento, San Francisco Bay Area
• Bankston -- Texas
• Champion -- Austin, Houston
• Courtesy -- Orlando
• Desert -- Las Vegas
• Dobbs -- Memphis
• Fox -- Baltimore
• Go -- Denver (formerly "John Elway" until 12/26/2006.^[6])
• Maroone -- South Florida
• Mike Shad -- Jacksonville
• Mullinax -- Cleveland
• Power -- Southern California, Phoenix
• Team -- Atlanta
• West -- Northwest

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E-Vehicles Program

E-Vehicles Program, in partnership with Edmunds.com, identifies fuel-efficient vehicles, with 8.40 L/100km (28 miles per gallon) or deliver 10% better fuel efficiency than the average for their vehicle class. Fuel efficiency relates the efficiency of conversion to kinetic energy from energy contained in a carrier fuel, specifically in a transportation vehicle, such as an automobile. ... Fuel efficiency, in its basic sense, is the same as thermal efficiency, meaning the efficiency of a process that converts energy contained in a carrier fuel into energy or work. ... Miles per gallon (MPG, or mpg) is a measure of fuel efficiency - the number of miles the car can run on one gallon of fuel. ...

History

From its founding in 1996 until 1999, AutoNation operated a series of used car megastores under the AutoNation USA brand, designed in the image of rival CarMax. Competition and market forces drove the company to shutter its AutoNation USA stores and instead focus on conventional dealerships with unique brand names in each market. CarMax is the United States largest used-car retailer. ...

The company was formerly known as Republic Industries, Inc.,^[2] and changed its name to AutoNation in 1999. The company's first Chief Executive Officer was Steve Berrard, who resigned from the company in July 1999.^[7] Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...

In October 24, 2005, the AutoNation building in downtown Fort Lauderdale suffered significant damage due to Hurricane Wilma.^[8] October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lowest pressure 882 mbar (hPa; 26. ...

In 2006 Mike Jackson, CEO of Autonation announced^[9] that his company would be reducing orders from General Motors, Ford and Chrysler in 2007. Jackson made the statement that the company will instead focus on selling BMW, Mercedes and Lexus vehicles due to anticipation of further market share loss by US automakers resulting in high dealer inventories. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... General Motors Corporation, also known as GM, is the worlds largest auto company by annual production volume as of 2006, and the second largest by sales volume as of the first half of 2007, behind Toyota Motor Corporation. ... Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ... For other uses, including the Chrysler Brand, see Chrysler (disambiguation). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... Mercedes may refer to: Things Mercedes-Benz, a German brand of automobiles and trucks Mercedes-Benz (song), by Janis Joplin Mercedes (calculator), an early 20th-century computing device Mercedes College, South Australia Places Mercedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Mercedes, Paraná, Brazil Mercedes, Camarines Norte, Philippines Mercedes, Eastern Samar, Philippines Mercedes, Texas... Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. ...

Controversies

In 2007, an activist group named Stop! AutoNation sent individual dealerships letters threatening a boycott for alleged discrimination against customers and employees. In particular, its concerns included the following: Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Employment discrimination refers to employment practices that are prohibited by law such as bias in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination, compensation, and various types of harassment. ...

• That, in 1997, the company allegedly terminated^[10] an employee for emailing management and fellow staff complaining about the company's response to a gay rights poster displayed in a fellow employee's cubicle.
• That, in 2005, the company permitted discrimination in the workplace as alleged by an EEOC lawsuit.^[11]

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Also in 2007, AutoNation's Power Volvo of Cerritos sold a damaged 2007 Volvo S80 as a new car to a buyer without disclosing the damage and repair. The buyer, in protest has set up a website at; VolvoSellsDamagedCars.com

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Fortune 500: Autozone, CNN, April 17, 2006.
2. ^ ^{a b} Bradsher, Keith, "Republic's Huizenga Wants to Dominate the Market", The New York Times, pp. D1, March 6, 1997.
3. ^ Gallagher, Richard S. (2002). The Soul of an Organization: Understanding the Values that Drive Successful Corporate Cultures. Kaplan Business, pp. 113. ISBN 0-7931-5780-3. 
4. ^ White, Joseph B., "One Billion Cars", The Wall Street Journal, pp. R1, April 17, 2006.
5. ^ Tucci, Christopher L.; and Afuah, Allan (2001). Internet Business Models and Strategies: Text and Cases. McGraw-Hill, pp. 270. ISBN 0-07-239724-1. 
6. ^ "AutoNation benches Elway's name," Denver Post, December 1, 2006,
7. ^ "Autonation Chief Executive Agrees to Step Down", The New York Times, July 1, 1999.
8. ^ Hoag, Christina, and Danner, Patrick, "Creatively coping with chaos: South Florida's hurricane-worn companies are making do to keep going despite a lack of offices", The Miami Herald, October 27, 2005.
9. ^ Chakvorti, Jui, AutoNation slowed '07 model orders: CEO, Reuters, September 12th, 2006.
10. ^ Schwartz, Harriet, Work can really be hell - Discrimination against gays, originally published in The Advocate, June 10th, 1997.
11. ^ Joyce, Amy, The Bias Breakdown, The Washington Post, December 9th, 2005.

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Further reading

• Flynn, Michael S. (March 2001). "The Economy, Competition, and the Retail Automotive Dealer" (PDF). Final Report. The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Retrieved on 2006-11-28.

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External links

• AutoNation Corporate Site
• AutoNation E-Vehicles Program.