Exhibit 5.1

[Letterhead of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP]

155 N Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606-1720

February 1, 2012

AutoNation, Inc.

200 SW 1^st Avenue

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-157354)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to AutoNation, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the public offering of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.500% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”), including the guarantees thereof (the “Guarantees”) by the subsidiary guarantors of the Company listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Guarantors”), which will be issued under the Indenture, dated as of April 14, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, to the Base Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Notes and the Guarantees are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.”

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).

In rendering the opinions stated herein, we have examined and relied upon the following:

(a) the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-157354) of the Company relating to the Securities and other securities of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 17, 2009 under the Securities Act allowing for delayed offerings pursuant to Rule 415 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act (the “Rules and Regulations”), and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto, filed on February 23, 2010, including information deemed to be a part of the registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations (such registration statement being hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”);

(b) an executed copy of the Indenture;

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(c) the certificate of Cheryl Scully, Treasurer and Vice President Investor Relations of the Company, dated the date hereof, setting forth the terms of the Securities issued under the Indenture (the “Company’s Certificate”);

(d) an executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement, dated January 27, 2012 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company, the Guarantors and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the several underwriters named therein;

(e) the form of global certificate evidencing the Notes (the “Note Certificate”) included in the Indenture;

(f) a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of December 7, 2011, and by the Assistant Secretary of the Company;

(g) a copy of the Bylaws of the Company, as amended and in effect as of the date hereof, as certified by the Assistant Secretary of the Company; and

(h) copies of certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, dated February 12, 2009 and November 15, 2011, and resolutions of the Pricing Committee thereof, dated January 27, 2012, as certified by the Assistant Secretary of the Company.

We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and the Guarantors and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company, the Guarantors and others, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions stated below.

In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, including endorsements, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. As to any facts relevant to the opinions stated herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company, the Guarantors and others and of public officials.

We do not express any opinion with respect to the laws of any jurisdiction other than (i) the laws of the State of New York and (ii) only with respect to the Company, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), and to the extent that judicial or regulatory orders or decrees or consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, validations, filings, recordings or registrations with governmental authorities are relevant, to those required under such laws (all of the foregoing being referred to as “Opined on Law”). We do not express any opinion as to the effect of any law (other than Opined on Law) on the opinions stated herein.

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Insofar as the opinions expressed herein relate to matters governed by laws other than Opined on Law, we have assumed, without having made any independent investigation, that such laws do not affect the opinions set forth herein. The opinions expressed herein are based on laws in effect on the date hereof, which laws are subject to change with possible retroactive effect, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable laws.

To the extent that the opinions expressed herein relating to the Guarantors are related to matters governed by the laws of the States of Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington or Wyoming, we have relied, without independent verification or investigation of any kind, on the opinion of C. Coleman G. Edmunds, Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Company and in such capacity, as counsel to the Guarantors, dated as of the date hereof, which is being filed as Exhibit 5.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K being filed on the date hereof and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement (the “In House Opinion”), and, the opinions set forth below are subject to the respective exceptions, qualifications and assumptions contained in the In House Opinion.

The Indenture and the Note Certificate are referred to herein together as the “Transaction Agreements.”

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. When the Note Certificate is duly authenticated by the Trustee and issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, the Notes will constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms under the laws of the State of New York.

2. When the Note Certificate is issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, the Guarantees will constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms under the laws of the State of New York.

The opinions stated herein are subject to the following qualifications:

(a) the opinions stated herein are limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer, preference and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law);

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(b) except to the extent expressly stated in the opinions contained herein, we do not express any opinion with respect to the effect on the opinions stated herein of (i) the compliance or non-compliance of any party to any of the Transaction Agreements with any laws, rules or regulations applicable to such party or (ii) the legal status or legal capacity of any such party to any of the Transaction Agreements;

(c) except to the extent expressly stated in the opinions contained herein, we have assumed that each of the Transaction Agreements constitutes the valid and binding obligation of each party to such Transaction Agreement, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms;

(d) we do not express any opinion with respect to the enforceability of Section 9.01 of the Indenture to the extent that such section provides that the obligations of the Guarantors are unconditional irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the effect thereof on the opinions herein stated;

(e) we do not express any opinion with respect to the enforceability of the provisions contained in Section 9.02 of the Indenture to the extent that such provisions limit the obligation of the Guarantors under the Indenture;

(f) in rendering the opinion set forth in paragraph 1 above, we have assumed that the Trustee’s certificate of authentication of the Note Certificate will have been manually signed by one of the Trustee’s authorized officers and that the Note Certificate conforms to the specimen thereof examined by us; and

(g) to the extent that any opinion relates to the enforceability of the choice of New York law and choice of New York forum provisions contained in any Transaction Agreement, the opinions stated herein are rendered solely in reliance upon New York General Obligations Law sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 and Rule 327(b) of New York Civil Practice Law and Rules and are subject to the qualification that such enforceability may be limited by, in each case, the terms of such sections 5-1401 and 5-1402, as well as by principles of public policy, comity or constitutionality.

In addition, in rendering the foregoing opinions we have assumed that:

(a) the Company and the Guarantors have complied and will comply with all aspects of the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation, as applicable, in connection with the transactions contemplated by, and the performance of its obligations under, the Transaction Agreements to which the Company or the Guarantors, respectively, is a party; and

(b) neither the execution and delivery by the Company or the Guarantors of the Transaction Agreements to which the Company or the Guarantors, respectively, is a party nor the performance by the Company or the Guarantors of their respective obligations under the

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Transaction Agreements to which the Company or the Guarantors, respectively, is a party: (i) constitutes or will constitute a violation of, or a default under, any lease, indenture, instrument or other agreement to which the Company or any of the Guarantors or their respective property is subject , (ii) contravenes or will contravene any order or decree of any governmental authority to which the Company or any of the Guarantors or their respective properties is subject, (iii) violates or will violate any law, rule or regulation to which the Company or any of the Guarantors or their respective properties is subject or (iv) requires the consent, approval, licensing or authorization of, or any filing, recording or registration with, any governmental authority under any law, rule or regulation of any jurisdiction.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K being filed on the date hereof and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. We also hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading “Legal Matters” in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SCHEDULE I

GUARANTORS