Exhibit 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration
statements of AutoNation, Inc.:

o        Forms S-3 (Registration Nos. 33-61649, 33-62489, 33-63735, 333-04269,
         333-18009, 333-23415, 333-29217, 333-35749 and 333-44611);

o        Forms S-3/A (Registration Nos. 33-65289, 333-01757, 333-08479 and
         333-20667);

o        Forms S-4 (Registration Nos. 333-17867, 333-17869, 333-17915 and
         333-41505);

o        Form S-4/A (Registration No. 333-71098); and

o        Forms S-8 (Registration Nos. 33-93742, 333-07623, 333-19453, 333-20669,
         333-29265, 333-42891, 333-56967, 333-90819 and 333-81888)

of our report dated February 4, 2003, relating to the consolidated financial
statements of AutoNation, Inc. and subsidiaries as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2002 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes
explanatory paragraphs relating to (i) the adoption of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 142 and (ii) the application of procedures relating to
certain other disclosures and reclassifications of financial statement amounts
related to the 2001 and 2000 consolidated financial statements that were audited
by other auditors who have ceased operations and for which we have expressed no
opinion or other form of assurance other than with respect to such disclosures
and reclassifications) appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of
AutoNation, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2002.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Fort Lauderdale, Florida
February 28, 2003