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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-26-194273
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260430
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260430
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20260430

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AUTONATION, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000350698
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-AUTO DEALERS & GASOLINE STATIONS [5500]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		EIN:				731105145
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-216482
		FILM NUMBER:		26920384

	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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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;30, 2026 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-216482 </B></P>
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</DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:14pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:14pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AutoNation, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">73-1105145</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 SW 1st Ave</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Fort Lauderdale, Florida</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>33301</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AUTONATION, INC. 2017 EMPLOYEE EQUITY AND INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AUTONATION, INC. 2026 EMPLOYEE EQUITY AND INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>C. Coleman Edmunds </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AutoNation, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 SW
1st Ave </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">954-769-6000</FONT></FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:14pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in
Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">AutoNation, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) previously filed a Registration Statement on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on March&nbsp;6, 2017, File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-216482</FONT> (the &#8220;Registration
Statement&#8221;), with respect to 5,500,000 shares of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), for issuance under the Registrant&#8217;s 2017 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan (the
&#8220;2017 Plan&#8221;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On April&nbsp;28, 2026 (the &#8220;Approval Date&#8221;), the stockholders of the Registrant approved the AutoNation, Inc. 2026
Employee Equity and Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2026 Plan&#8221;). The 2026 Plan will replace the AutoNation, Inc. 2017 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2017 Plan&#8221;) as the source of equity awards granted on or after the Approval
Date. No new awards may be granted under the 2017 Plan as of the Approval Date (although awards granted under the 2017 Plan prior to the Approval Date will remain outstanding in accordance with their terms and those of the 2017 Plan). Pursuant to
the 2026 Plan, the shares of Common Stock that previously were available for issuance under the 2017 Plan as of the Approval Date (the &#8220;2017 Carryover Shares&#8221;) will become available for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the 2026
Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Accordingly, we are filing this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement, pursuant to the undertaking in Item
512(a)(1)(iii) of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> and Securities Act Forms Corporation Finance Interpretation Question 126.43, which requires the Registrant to disclose a material change in the plan of distribution as it was
originally disclosed in the Registration Statement, to add the 2026 Plan and reflect that, as of the Approval Date, the previously registered 2017 Carryover Shares in the amount of 883,316 shares of Common Stock may be issued under the 2026 Plan, a
copy of which is incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto along with a new opinion as to the validity of the 2017 Carryover Shares issuable pursuant to the 2026 Plan. This Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration
Statement amends and supplements the items listed below. No additional shares of Common Stock are being registered hereby. All other items of the Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference without change. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to participants as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, which have been previously filed by the Company with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference herein: </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000350698/000162828026007800/an-20251231.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2025, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;12, 2026;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Company&#8217;s Current Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000162828026028353/an-20260428.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT></A> filed with
the Commission on April 29, 2026; and</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The description of our common stock contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000035069825000029/ex413an-descriptionofsecur.htm">Exhibit 4.13</A> to our Annual Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-13107)</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;14, 2025.</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein)
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
validity of the securities being registered pursuant to this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement has been passed upon by C. Coleman Edmunds, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the
Company. Mr.&nbsp;Edmunds owns shares of our common stock and holds certain employee equity awards. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;6. Indemnification of Directors and
Officers </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is a Delaware corporation. Reference is made to Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(&#8220;DGCL&#8221;), which enables a corporation in its certificate of incorporation to eliminate or limit the personal liability of directors or officers of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">for acts or omissions by a director or officer not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">by a director pursuant to Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment
of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions); </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">for any transaction from which a director or officer derived an improper personal benefit; or
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">for an officer in any action or in the right of the corporation. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Reference is also made to Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, which provides that a corporation may indemnify any persons, including officers and directors, who
are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of
the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may
include expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such director, officer, employee or
agent acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that the
person&#8217;s conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if
the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses
that such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred. The indemnification permitted under the DGCL is not exclusive, and a corporation is empowered to purchase and maintain insurance against liabilities whether or not indemnification would
be permitted by statute. </P>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">and&nbsp;By-Laws&nbsp;provide</FONT> for indemnification of its directors and officers to the fullest extent currently permitted by the DGCL. In addition, the Registrant maintains liability insurance for its
directors and officers. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> provide that the Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by
the Board, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> provide that any decision as to indemnification, unless ordered by a court, shall be made: (a)&nbsp;by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding
(&#8220;disinterested directors&#8221;), even though less than a quorum; (b)&nbsp;by a committee of disinterested directors designated by a majority vote of all disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum; (c)&nbsp;if there are no such
disinterested directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or (d)&nbsp;by the stockholders. However, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> provide that a present or former director or
officer of the Company who has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification would be appropriate as described above shall be indemnified without the necessity of authorization in
the specific case. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> provide that the Company shall pay expenses incurred by an officer or director in
defending a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately
be determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification. Indemnification and advancement of expenses pursuant to these provisions is not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under the
Certificate of Incorporation, any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Law,</FONT> agreement, contract, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise and shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a
person who has ceased to be a director or officer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The above summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the DGCL,
Certificate of Incorporation and the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following exhibits are filed as part of this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement: </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d33649dex51.htm">Opinion of C. Coleman Edmunds, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of AutoNation, Inc. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d33649dex51.htm">Consent of C. Coleman Edmunds (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d33649dex232.htm">Consent of KPMG LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#sig">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/350698/000162828026028353/a2026plan.htm">AutoNation, Inc. 2026 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;29, 2026). </A></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;9. Undertakings </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in this Registration Statement; </P>
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to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Fort Lauderdale, State of Florida, on April&nbsp;29, 2026. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael Manley</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Michael Manley</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWERS OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOWN ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose signatures appear below hereby constitute and appoint Michael Manley and C. Coleman Edmunds,
and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents with full power of substitution and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-substitution</FONT> for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Post-Effective Amendment
No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-facts</FONT></FONT> and agents or any of them, or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to
the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael Manley</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael Manley</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Executive Officer and Director</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal
Executive Officer and Director)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas A. Szlosek</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas A. Szlosek</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April&nbsp;29, 2026</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Kimberly R. Dees</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kimberly R. Dees</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">April&nbsp;29, 2026</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Rick L. Burdick</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rick L. Burdick</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman of the Board</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Claire Bennett</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">April&nbsp;29, 2026 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">AutoNation, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">200 SW 1st Ave, Ste 1600 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">AutoNation, Inc. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I am Executive Vice
President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of AutoNation, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), and have acted in such capacity in connection with the filing of the Company&#8217;s Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> POS (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-216482)</FONT> (the &#8220;Post-Effective Amendment&#8221;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) for the
purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), shares (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;) of the Company&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), issuable
pursuant to the AutoNation, Inc. 2026 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2026 Plan&#8221;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On April&nbsp;28, 2026 (the
&#8220;Approval Date&#8221;), the stockholders of the Company approved the 2026 Plan. The 2026 Plan will replace the AutoNation, Inc. 2017 Employee Equity and Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2017 Plan&#8221;) as the source of equity awards granted on or
after the Approval Date. The total number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2026 Plan consists in part of 883,316 shares of Common Stock that previously were available for issuance under the 2017 Plan as of the Approval
Date (the &#8220;Carryover Shares&#8221;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of
Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In rendering the opinion set forth herein, I have
examined and relied on originals or copies of the following: (i)&nbsp;the Post-Effective Amendment relating to the 2026 Plan as filed with the Commission on the date hereof; (ii)&nbsp;a specimen certificate evidencing the Common Stock;
(iii)&nbsp;the Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company; (iv)&nbsp;the Amended and Restated <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws</FONT> of the Company, as amended to date and currently in effect; (v)&nbsp;the 2026
Plan; and (vi)&nbsp;certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the 2026 Plan. I also have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such
agreements, certificates, and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents as I have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion set forth below.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In my examination, I have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as facsimile, electronic, certified, or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making my examination
of executed documents, I have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action,
corporate or other, and the execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. As to any facts material to the opinion expressed herein that I have not independently established or
verified, I have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I am admitted to practice law in the State of Florida, and I express no opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction other than the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and
assumptions set forth herein, I am of the opinion that when the Carryover Shares have been issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the 2026 Plan, the issuance and sale of such Carryover Shares will have been duly authorized and such
Carryover Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I assume no obligation to
supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if I become aware of any fact that might change the opinions expressed herein after the date hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Post-Effective Amendment. In giving this consent, I do
not thereby admit that I am included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President, General</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:31%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Suite 1200 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:31%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">450 East Las Olas Boulevard </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:31%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We consent to the use of our reports dated February&nbsp;12, 2026, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of AutoNation, Inc. and subsidiaries,
and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ KPMG LLP </P>
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