FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — AutoNation, Inc. (NYSE: AN), America’s largest automotive retailer, announced that its retail new vehicle unit sales in August 2011, as reported to the applicable automotive manufacturers, totaled 18,121, a decrease of 3% as compared to August 2010.

Retail new vehicle unit sales in August 2011 for AutoNation’s operating segments were as follows:

• 5,788 for Domestic, up 7% versus August 2010,

• 8,996 for Import, down 10% versus August 2010, and

• 3,337 for Premium Luxury, up 3% versus August 2010.