Financial Services Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Investment in affiliates	$ 92,203	$ 99,073
Trade receivables, net	152,342	$ 150,778
Aggregate repurchase obligation, amount	$ 182,814
Maximum
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Aggregate repurchase obligation, percentage	15.00%
Polaris Acceptance
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity method investment ownership percentage	50.00%
Net amount financed for dealers	$ 1,246,265
Trade receivables, net	486,280
Securitization Facility
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Outstanding balance of receivables	$ 759,985

Financial assets accounted for as sale, repurchase commitment percent of outstanding month end balances.

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The amount owed to the reporting entity by counterparties in securitized loan transactions.

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Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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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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Total investments in (A) an entity in which the entity has significant influence, but does not have control, (B) subsidiaries that are not required to be consolidated and are accounted for using the equity and or cost method, and (C) an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group. Includes long-term advances receivable from a party that is affiliated with the reporting entity by means of direct or indirect ownership.

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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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This is the result of the principal amount outstanding of total loans managed or securitized less securitized loans and loans that are in the process of being securitized.

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Represents the initial fair value recorded for liabilities incurred on transfer of financial assets in a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or a similar transfer which transaction is recognized as a sale of the transferred financial assets.

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