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Automotive and GM Financial Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Interest Expense [Table Text Block]

	Years Ended December 31,
	2016				2015				2014
Automotive interest expense	$	572			$	443			$	403
Automotive Financing - GM Financial interest expense	2,108				1,616				1,426
Total interest expense	$	2,680			$	2,059			$	1,829

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes contractual maturities including capital leases at December 31, 2016:

	Automotive				Automotive Financing(a)				Total
2017	$	1,175			$	28,596			$	29,771
2018	1,655				15,740				17,395
2019	126				11,231				11,357
2020	71				5,914				5,985
2021	56				5,098				5,154
Thereafter	8,168				7,791				15,959
	$	11,251			$	74,370			$	85,621

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(a) Secured debt, credit facilities and other unsecured debt are based on expected payoff date. Senior notes principal amounts are based on maturity.

Automotive [Member]

Debt carrying amount and fair value [Table Text Block]

	December 31, 2016				December 31, 2015
Secured debt	$	136			$	220
Unsecured debt	9,795				7,619
Capital leases	821				926
Total automotive debt(a)	$	10,752			$	8,765
Fair value utilizing Level 1 inputs	$	9,515			$	6,972
Fair value utilizing Level 2 inputs	2,097				2,116
Fair value of automotive debt	$	11,612			$	9,088
Available under credit facility agreements	$	14,035			$	12,168
Interest rate range on outstanding debt(b)	0.0-18.0%				0.0-18.0%
Weighted-average interest rate on outstanding short-term debt(b)	10.5		%		9.6		%
Weighted-average interest rate on outstanding long-term debt(b)	5.2		%		4.7		%

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(a) Includes net discount and debt issuance costs of $499 million and $549 million at December 31, 2016 and 2015.

(b) Includes coupon rates on debt denominated in various foreign currencies and interest free loans.

GM Financial [Member]

Debt carrying amount and fair value [Table Text Block]

		December 31, 2016								December 31, 2015
		Carrying Amount				Fair Value				Carrying Amount				Fair Value
Secured debt		$	39,270			$	39,357			$	30,689			$	30,671
Unsecured debt		34,606				35,220				23,657				23,726
Total GM Financial debt		$	73,876			$	74,577			$	54,346			$	54,397
Fair value utilizing Level 2 inputs						$	69,990							$	48,716
Fair value utilizing Level 3 inputs						$	4,587							$	5,681

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