Business Segments - Segment Financial Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 783,887	$ 750,913	$ 740,294	$ 649,775	$ 775,546	$ 782,368	$ 751,781	$ 663,206	$ 2,924,869	$ 2,972,901	$ 3,424,809
Operating Profit	105,138	78,228	109,916	91,104	102,531	82,167	99,428	70,354	384,387	354,480	300,458
Interest expense	(6,887)	(6,795)	(6,286)	(6,636)	(5,335)	(5,889)	(6,240)	(6,356)	(26,604)	(23,820)	(28,138)
Interest income	1,471	1,018	948	940	602	533	514	562	4,378	2,211	1,500
Gain on sale of interest in subsidiary									0	0	77,471
Other non-operating income (expense)	260	1,785	1,427	1,462	(1,876)	1,362	1,592	79	4,932	1,157	(2,772)
Income before income taxes	99,982	74,236	106,005	86,870	95,922	78,173	95,294	64,639	367,093	334,028	348,519
Depreciation and amortization expense									130,257	121,408	139,166
Segment assets	2,619,395				2,436,176				2,619,395	2,436,176	2,488,937
Expenditures for long-lived assets									175,437	182,544	145,041
Americas Tire
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									2,600,323	2,684,754	2,585,484
International Tire
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									464,003	451,879	1,140,826
Operating Segments | Americas Tire
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	693,624	672,641	654,721	579,338	710,760	702,460	673,016	598,518	2,549,743	2,627,619	2,524,554
Operating Profit	116,273	101,522	116,093	106,052	121,889	102,475	108,566	89,999	439,941	422,929	274,837
Depreciation and amortization expense									85,842	92,377	82,457
Segment assets	1,438,802				1,386,361				1,438,802	1,386,361	1,284,302
Expenditures for long-lived assets									112,975	145,813	95,539
Operating Segments | International Tire
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	124,310	112,789	123,678	103,226	101,027	118,903	124,851	107,098	375,126	345,282	900,255
Operating Profit	1,353	3,265	3,152	(1,772)	(7,379)	(5,329)	(3,633)	(2,792)	5,998	(19,133)	74,566
Depreciation and amortization expense									30,470	28,577	54,400
Segment assets	547,178				414,051				547,178	414,051	423,059
Expenditures for long-lived assets									60,359	33,839	44,741
Intercompany
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	(34,047)	(34,517)	(38,105)	(32,789)	(36,241)	(38,995)	(46,086)	(42,410)	(139,457)	(163,732)	(301,501)
Operating Profit	(370)	(117)	(599)	(157)	279	437	277	2,033	(1,244)	3,026	(15)
Intercompany | Americas Tire
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									50,580	57,135	60,930
Intercompany | International Tire
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									88,877	106,597	240,571
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	(12,118)	$ (26,442)	$ (8,730)	$ (13,019)	(12,258)	$ (15,416)	$ (5,782)	$ (18,886)	(60,308)	(52,342)	(48,930)
Depreciation and amortization expense									13,945	454	2,309
Segment assets	$ 633,415				$ 635,764				633,415	635,764	781,576
Expenditures for long-lived assets									$ 2,103	$ 2,892	$ 4,761