Debt Under Vehicle Programs And Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]

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Leasing Vehicles And Related Assets, Pledged As Collateralized Debt

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Newly Issued European Credit Facility

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Investments in notes or bonds that are collateralized by a specific group of underlying assets owned by the issuer of the notes or bonds which are short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments with original maturities of three months or less qualify under that definition. Original maturity means original maturity to the entity holding the investment. For example, both a three-month US Treasury bill and a three-year Treasury note purchased three months from maturity qualify as cash equivalents. However, a Treasury note purchased three-years ago does not become a cash equivalent when its remaining maturity is three months.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Cash Equivalents
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The percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the lessee's capital lease.

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Date the debt instrument was issued, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
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-Section S99
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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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Debt Under Vehicle Programs And Borrowing Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail) € in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	May 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2014 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 EUR (€)
Debt Under Vehicle Programs And Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]
Leasing Vehicles And Related Assets Pledged As Collateralized Debt					$ 8,500
Interest rate on capital leases					2.00%					2.00%
Avis Budget Rental Car Funding Program [Member]
Debt Under Vehicle Programs And Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate					3.00%					3.00%
Americas Debt Borrowings [Member]
Debt Under Vehicle Programs And Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]
Leasing Vehicles And Related Assets Pledged As Collateralized Debt					$ 800
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate					4.00%					3.00%
International Debt Borrowings
Debt Under Vehicle Programs And Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]
Leasing Vehicles And Related Assets Pledged As Collateralized Debt					$ 1,900
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate					2.00%					3.00%
International Capital Leases
Debt Under Vehicle Programs And Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]
Leasing Vehicles And Related Assets Pledged As Collateralized Debt					$ 200
Debt Due To Rental Car Funding [Member]
Debt Under Vehicle Programs And Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]
Leasing Vehicles And Related Assets Pledged As Collateralized Debt					$ 8,200
Debt Instrument, Issuance Date	Jun. 01, 2016	Mar. 01, 2016	May 01, 2015	Jan. 01, 2015
Asset-Backed Securities, at Carrying Value	$ 500	$ 450				$ 500	$ 550	$ 650
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date					Nov. 01, 2021	Jun. 01, 2021	Dec. 01, 2020	Jul. 01, 2020
European Rental Fleet Securitization [Member]
Debt Under Vehicle Programs And Borrowing Arrangements [Line Items]
Newly Issued European Credit Facility \| €									€ 400	€ 210	€ 290	€ 500