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Equipment on Operating Leases (Tables) - Vehicles [Member] | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Automotive [Member] |
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items] |
Schedule of Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease |
| March 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Equipment on operating leases | $ | 2,509 |  |  | $ | 2,076 |
Less: accumulated depreciation | (226 | ) |  | (180 | )
Equipment on operating leases, net | $ | 2,283 |  |  | $ | 1,896 |
Schedule of Operating Lease Depreciation Expense and Impairment Charges |
| Three Months Ended
| March 31, 2017 |  | March 31, 2016
Depreciation expense | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 33 |
Impairment charges | $ | 57 |  |  | $ | 38 |
GM Financial [Member] |
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items] |
Schedule of Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease |
| March 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
GM Financial equipment on operating leases | $ | 44,628 |  |  | $ | 40,875 |
Less: accumulated depreciation | (7,326 | ) |  | (6,349 | )
GM Financial equipment on operating leases, net | $ | 37,302 |  |  | $ | 34,526 |
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments Receivable for Operating Leases | The following table summarizes minimum rental payments due to GM Financial on leases to retail customers:
| Years Ending December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2021
Minimum rental receipts under operating leases | $ | 4,654 |  |  | $ | 4,878 |  |  | $ | 2,494 |  |  | $ | 365 |  |  | $ | 13 |

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