Line of Credit Facilities, Related Party Facility

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- Definition

Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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- Definition

Cash outflow in the form of capital distributions and dividends to common shareholders, preferred shareholders and noncontrolling interests.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3291-108585

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- Definition

The amount of any current tax-related balances due to affiliates as of the date of each statement of financial position presented.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 17
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84230637&loc=d3e32809-109319

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Purchases during the period (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments of dividends		$ 550,000,000	$ 0	$ 0
Parent Company [Member] \| Purchase of Retail Finance Receivables [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party purchases		269,000,000
Parent Company [Member] \| Special Dividend [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments of dividends	$ 550,000,000
Affiliated Entity [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tax expense due to related party		0	$ 0
Junior Subordinated Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Line of credit facilities - GM Related party facility		$ 1,000,000,000
Line of Credit [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt instrument term		4 years
Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| General Motors [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total borrowing capacity		$ 4,000,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Three Year Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total borrowing capacity		1,000,000,000.0
Line of Credit [Member] \| Three Year Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| General Motors [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total borrowing capacity		$ 4,000,000,000
Debt instrument term		3 years
Line of Credit [Member] \| Five Year Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total borrowing capacity		$ 3,000,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Five Year Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| General Motors [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total borrowing capacity		$ 10,500,000,000
Debt instrument term		5 years