Note 19 - Segments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

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Segments

Certain financial information on a segment basis is as follows (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31,	2016			2015			2014
Revenues:
Domestic	$	3,381,715		$	3,038,883		$	2,569,928
Import		3,764,255			3,330,949			1,889,579
Luxury		1,528,760			1,490,632			926,856
		8,674,730			7,860,464			5,386,363
Corporate and other		3,427			3,788			3,963
	$	8,678,157		$	7,864,252		$	5,390,326
Segment income*:
Domestic	$	106,210		$	115,145		$	96,608
Import		110,204			98,751			51,150
Luxury		31,467			36,391			25,448
		247,881			250,287			173,206
Corporate and other		114,321			74,514			71,195
Depreciation and amortization		(49,369	)		(41,600	)		(26,363	)
Other interest expense		(23,207	)		(19,491	)		(10,742	)
Other (expense) income, net		(6,103	)		(1,006	)		3,199
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	283,523		$	262,704		$	210,495

*Segment income for each of the segments is defined as Income from continuing operations before income taxes, depreciation and amortization, other interest expense and other (expense) income, net.

Year Ended December 31,	2016			2015			2014
Floor plan interest expense:
Domestic	$	26,445		$	21,061		$	17,895
Import		18,665			14,959			9,397
Luxury		10,999			9,096			5,098
		56,109			45,116			32,390
Corporate and other		(30,578	)		(25,582	)		(18,529	)
	$	25,531		$	19,534		$	13,861

December 31,	2016		2015
Total assets:
Domestic	$	1,225,387	$	993,426
Import		959,355		716,959
Luxury		511,779		475,305
Corporate and other		1,147,629		1,039,440
	$	3,844,150	$	3,225,130