SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ESL INVESTMENTS INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 GREENWICH AVENUE (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AUTONATION INC /FL [ AN ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/27/2004
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	07/27/2004		P		192,800	A	$15.558	49,266,562	D(1)(4)(5)
Common Stock	07/28/2004		P		497,142	A	$15.558	49,763,704	D(1)(4)(5)
Common Stock	07/28/2004		P		29,958	A	$15.5835	16,711,177	D(2)(4)(5)
Common Stock								9,443,319	I	See footnote(3)(4)(5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ESL INVESTMENTS INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 GREENWICH AVENUE (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ESL PARTNERS LP (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE LAFAYETTE PLAC (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ESL INVESTORS LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 200 GREENWICH AVE (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RBS PARTNERS L P /CT (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE LAFAYETTE PLACE (Street) GREENWICH CT 06830 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LAMPERT EDWARD S (Last) (First) (Middle) (Street) (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. These securities are owned by ESL Partners, L.P. ("Partners").

2. These securities are owned by ESL Investors, L.L.C. ("Investors").

3. Includes (i) 342,305 shares held by ESL Institutional, L.P. ("Institutional"), (ii) 182,235 shares held by ESL Investments, Inc. ("Investments"), (iii) 8,819,389 shares held by CBL Partners, L.P. ("CBL"), (iv) 95,673 shares held by ESL Investment Management, LLC ("ESLIM") and (v) 3,717 shares held by Tynan, LLC ("Tynan").

4. This Form 4 is filed on behalf of Partners, Investors, Investments, RBS Partners, L.P. ("RBS") and Edward S. Lampert. RBS is the general partner of Partners and the manager of Investors. Investments is the general partner of RBS and CBL. RBS Investment Management, LLC ("RBSIM") is the general partner of Institutional. Mr. Lampert is a controlling stockholder of Investments and the managing member of ESLIM and RBSIM. William C. Crowley is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Investments, a member of ESLIM and RBSIM and the sole member of Tynan.

5. Each of Partners, Investors, Institutional, Investments, CBL, Tynan, ESLIM, RBS, RBSIM, Mr. Lampert and Mr. Crowley may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities reported herein. The total amount of securities reported as beneficially owned by Partners, Investors, Institutional, ESLIM, CBL and Tynan is greater than Investments', Mr. Lampert's or Mr. Crowley's indirect pecuniary interest in such securities. The total amount of securities reported as beneficially owned by Partners and Investors is greater than RBS's indirect pecuniary interest in such securities. The total amount of securities reported as beneficially owned by Institutional is greater than RBSIM's indirect pecuniary interest in such securities.

	/s/ William C. Crowley, for ESL Investments, Inc.	07/29/2004
	/s/ William C. Crowley, for ESL Partners, L.P.	07/29/2004
	/s/ William C. Crowley, for ESL Investors, L.L.C.	07/29/2004
	/s/ William C. Crowley, for RBS Partners, L.P.	07/29/2004
	/s/ Edward S. Lampert	07/29/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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