INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
FirstAmerica Automotive, Inc.
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-3 of Sonic Automotive, Inc. dated November 20, 2000 of our report dated
March 19, 1999, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of FirstAmerica
Automotive, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998,
which report appears in the Form 8-K/A of Sonic Automotive dated January 27,
2000:
KPMG LLP
November 20, 2000
San Francisco, California
