Vehicle Rental Activities (Components Of Vehicle Depreciation And Lease Charges) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Vehicle Rental Activities [Abstract]
Depreciation expense	$ 505	$ 536	$ 941	$ 996
Lease charges	62	64	119	120
(Gain) loss on sale of vehicles, net	(24)	(9)	(32)	(10)
Vehicle depreciation and lease charges, net	$ 543	$ 591	$ 1,028	$ 1,106

Amount of expense for allocation of cost of tangible asset over its useful life directly used in production of good and rendering of service.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03(b)(2))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116634182&loc=SL114868664-224227

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