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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INCFinancial_Report.xls
10-Q - FORM 10-Q - SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INCd246959d10q.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF MR. O. BRUTON SMITH PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) - SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INCd246959dex312.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF MR. O. BRUTON SMITH PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 - SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INCd246959dex322.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF MR. DAVID P. COSPER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) - SONIC AUTOMOTIVE INCd246959dex311.htm

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Sonic Automotive, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David P. Cosper, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1)

the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2)

the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ DAVID P. COSPER

 

David P. Cosper

Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer

October 31, 2011