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Parent Company Stock Based Compensation	3 Months Ended
Parent Company Stock Based Compensation	Mar. 31, 2012
Parent Company Stock Based Compensation [Abstract]
Shareholders' Equity and Share-based Payments [Text Block]	PARENT COMPANY STOCK BASED COMPENSATION Salary Stock We participate in GM's salary stock program under which a portion of each participant's compensation is accrued and converted to Restricted Stock Units ("RSU's") on a quarterly basis. The awards are fully vested and nonforfeitable upon grant and therefore compensation cost is fully recognized on the date of grant. The RSU's are settled quarterly over a three year period commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant. On March 29, 2012 GM amended the plan to provide for cash settlement of awards. As a result we will now settle these awards in cash and we reclassified $14.5 million from additional paid-in capital to accounts payable and accrued expenses. Prior to this amendment it was GM's policy to issue new shares upon settlement of these awards.