Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Inventory Exposure per Calendar Year, Undiscounted

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Tax disallowance not including interest and penalties.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66011266&loc=d3e33918-111571

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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) BRL in Millions	6 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) BRL in Millions	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 BRL	Dec. 31, 2015
Guarantees [Abstract]
Guaranteed indebtedness owed to third parties	$ 13,900,000
Loss Contingency [Abstract]
Tax disallowance not including interest and penalties	$ 40,900,000	BRL 131.5
Corporate Joint Venture [Member]
Guarantees [Abstract]
Joint venture ownership percentage	49.00%	49.00%	49.00%
Retail Finance Joint Venture [Member]
Guarantees [Abstract]
Maximum repossessed inventory purchase obligation with retail joint ventures	$ 6,000,000.0