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Property, net | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Property, net [Abstract] |
Depreciation, Amortization and Impaiment of Long-Lived Assets and Equipments on Operating Leases | Depreciation, Amortization and Impairment Charges The following table summarizes depreciation, amortization and impairment charges related to Property, net, Equipment on operating leases, net and GM Financial equipment on operating leases, net (dollars in millions):
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011
Depreciation and amortization of long-lived assets | $ | 892 |  |  | $ | 928 |
Impairment charges of long-lived assets(a) | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | 26 |
Depreciation of equipment on operating leases | $ | 92 |  |  | $ | 80 |
Impairment charges of equipment on operating leases | $ | 55 |  |  | $ | 39 |
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(a) | The fair value of related assets was determined to be $0 in the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 measured utilizing Level 3 inputs. Fair value measurements of long-lived assets utilized projected cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with the perceived business risks related to the assets involved.
The following table summarizes equipment on operating leases to daily rental car companies measured at fair value using Level 3 inputs on a nonrecurring basis (dollars in millions):
|  |  | Fair Value Measurements on a Nonrecurring Basis
| Fair Value Measures |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3
Three months ended March 31, 2012 | $ | 937 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 937 |
Three months ended March 31, 2011 | $ | 926 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 926 |
Impairment of vehicles leased to daily rental car companies with guaranteed repurchase obligations is determined to exist if the expected cash flows are lower than the carrying amount of the vehicle. We have multiple, distinct portfolios of vehicles leased to rental car companies and may have multiple impairments within a period. Expected cash flows include all estimated net revenue and costs associated with the sale to daily rental car companies through disposal at auction. The fair value measurements are determined, reviewed and approved on a monthly basis by personnel with appropriate knowledge of transactions with daily rental car companies and auction transactions. The following table summarizes the significant quantitative unobservable inputs and assumptions used in the fair value measurement of Equipment on operating leases, net in the three months ended March 31, 2012 (dollars in millions):
| Valuation Technique |  | Significant Unobservable Input |  | Amount
Impaired equipment on operating leases | Cash flow |  | Estimated net revenue |  | $ | 960 |
|  |  | Estimated cost |  | $ | 1,015 |

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