Financing Receivables by Aging Category (Detail) - Financial Services - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, current and up to 30 days past due	$ 10,010.8	$ 9,612.3
Financing Receivables	10,060.4	9,653.2
31 - 60 days past due
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, past due	24.5	18.7
Greater than 60 days past due
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, past due	25.1	22.2
Dealer \| Wholesale
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, current and up to 30 days past due	2,103.7	1,880.5
Financing Receivables	2,103.9	1,880.6
Dealer \| Retail
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, current and up to 30 days past due	1,367.1	1,358.7
Financing Receivables	1,367.1	1,358.7
Dealer \| 31 - 60 days past due \| Wholesale
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, past due	0.1	0.0
Dealer \| 31 - 60 days past due \| Retail
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, past due		0.0
Dealer \| Greater than 60 days past due \| Wholesale
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, past due	0.1	0.1
Dealer \| Greater than 60 days past due \| Retail
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, past due		0.0
Customer Retail \| Fleet
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, current and up to 30 days past due	5,506.8	5,365.7
Financing Receivables	5,545.1	5,397.9
Customer Retail \| Owner/Operator
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, current and up to 30 days past due	1,033.2	1,007.4
Financing Receivables	1,044.3	1,016.0
Customer Retail \| 31 - 60 days past due \| Fleet
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, past due	18.6	14.7
Customer Retail \| 31 - 60 days past due \| Owner/Operator
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, past due	5.8	4.0
Customer Retail \| Greater than 60 days past due \| Fleet
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, past due	19.7	17.5
Customer Retail \| Greater than 60 days past due \| Owner/Operator
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivables, past due	$ 5.3	$ 4.6

Financing receivables that are current.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 7A
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.10(3))
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