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EX-12.1 - STATEMENT REGARDING COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - AUTONATION, INC.ex121ratioofearningstofixe.htm
10-K - FORM 10-K - AUTONATION, INC.an10k2016.htm
EX-32.2 - SECTION 906 CFO CERTIFICATION - AUTONATION, INC.ex322section906cfocert2016.htm
EX-32.1 - SECTION 906 CEO CERTIFICATION - AUTONATION, INC.ex321section906ceocert2016.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION - AUTONATION, INC.ex312section302cfocert2016.htm
EX-31.1 - SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION - AUTONATION, INC.ex311section302ceocert2016.htm
EX-21.1 - LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES - AUTONATION, INC.ex211listofsubsidiaries201.htm


Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
AutoNation, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements listed below of AutoNation, Inc. of our reports dated February 8, 2017, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of AutoNation, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows, for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, which reports appear in the December 31, 2016 annual report on Form 10-K of AutoNation, Inc.
Our report dated February 8, 2017, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, contains an explanatory paragraph that states AutoNation, Inc. acquired two stores and one collision center in the fourth quarter of 2016, and management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of AutoNation, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, the two stores and one collision center, which has less than 0.6% of total assets and less than 0.4% of total revenue included in the consolidated financial statements of AutoNation, Inc. and subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of AutoNation, Inc. also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of the two stores and one collision center.
Form S-3 Registration No. 333-209585;

Form S-4 Registration No. 333-41505 and 333-17915; and

Form S-8 Registration No. 333-214308, 333-195706, 333-170737, 333-150756, 333-143250, 333-130019, 333-81888, 333-56967, 333-29265, 333-20669, 333-19453, 033-93742, and 333-07623.

/s/ KPMG LLP
February 8, 2017
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Certified Public Accountants