Sonic Automotive (SAH) 10-Q/A 2022 Q2 Quarterly report (amended)

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter and six month periods ended June 30, 2022 of Sonic Automotive, Inc. (the “Company”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David Bruton Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

1.The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2.The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ DAVID BRUTON SMITH

David Bruton Smith

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

October 28, 2022