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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000350698-18-000052
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180214
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180216
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180216

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JACKSON MICHAEL J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001228778
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-AUTO DEALERS & GASOLINE STATIONS [5500]

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13107
		FILM NUMBER:		18622341

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 SW 1ST AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1600
		CITY:			FORT LAUDERDALE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33301
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9547696000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 SW 1ST AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1600
		CITY:			FORT LAUDERDALE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33301

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AUTONATION, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000350698
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-AUTO DEALERS & GASOLINE STATIONS [5500]
		IRS NUMBER:				731105145
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 SW 1ST AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1600
		CITY:			FORT LAUDERDALE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33301
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9547696000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 SW 1ST AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1600
		CITY:			FORT LAUDERDALE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33301

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AUTONATION, INC. /FL
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20090827

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AutoNation, Inc. /FL
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20090827

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AUTONATION INC /FL
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990407
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        <footnote id="F1">The restricted stock units were granted on March 1, 2017, subject to stockholder approval of the AutoNation, Inc. 2017 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan, which was obtained on April 19, 2017. The restricted stock units became reportable on February 14, 2018, upon the satisfaction of a performance condition. The restricted stock units will vest in 25% annual increments on each of the first four anniversaries of March 1, 2017, subject to continued employment with the registrant. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the registrant's common stock or at the registrant's election, the cash value thereof.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit Index
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ C. Coleman Edmunds, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-02-16</signatureDate>
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<div><a name="sAE9FA0DEA29614919BA6C5BD20EE2392"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;text-decoration:underline;">Exhibit 24</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned hereby constitutes, designates and appoints C. Coleman Edmunds and Thomas J. Mila</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;">as such person&#8217;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act alone and without the other, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to: </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;prepare, execute in the undersigned&#8217;s name and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) a Form ID (or any successor form), including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) or any rule or regulation of the SEC promulgated thereunder;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of AutoNation, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) and the rules thereunder (or any successor forms);</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;">(c) &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s discretion.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned&#8217;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, except that in respect of any person herein appointed as an attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, this Power of Attorney shall be revoked and shall cease to be effective immediately with respect to such person at such time as such person shall no longer be employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. This Power of Attorney replaces any powers of attorney previously granted by the undersigned to any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in respect of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the undersigned hereby revokes, effective as of the date hereof, any such powers of attorney previously granted.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument as of the 19th day of April, 2017.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:10.5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10.5pt;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Michael J. 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