Finance Receivable Evaluated and Determined Individually and Collectively (Detail) - Financial Services - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Recorded investment for impaired finance receivables evaluated individually	$ 54.9	$ 57.4
Allowance for impaired finance receivables determined individually	6.7	5.0
Recorded investment for finance receivables evaluated collectively	9,598.3	8,740.3
Allowance for finance receivables determined collectively	101.2	97.6
Dealer \| Wholesale
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Recorded investment for impaired finance receivables evaluated individually	0.1	0.1
Allowance for impaired finance receivables determined individually	0.1	0.1
Recorded investment for finance receivables evaluated collectively	1,880.5	1,528.4
Allowance for finance receivables determined collectively	5.9	5.4
Dealer \| Retail
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Recorded investment for impaired finance receivables evaluated individually	4.0	0.0
Allowance for impaired finance receivables determined individually		0.0
Recorded investment for finance receivables evaluated collectively	1,354.7	1,406.0
Allowance for finance receivables determined collectively	9.4	9.6
Customer Retail
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Recorded investment for impaired finance receivables evaluated individually	50.8	57.3
Allowance for impaired finance receivables determined individually	6.6	4.9
Recorded investment for finance receivables evaluated collectively	6,363.1	5,805.9
Allowance for finance receivables determined collectively	$ 85.9	$ 82.6

The valuation allowance for financing receivables that are expected to be uncollectible that were collectively evaluated for impairment.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 11B
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