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Equipment on Operating Leases (Tables) - Vehicles [Member] | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Automotive [Member] |
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items] |
Schedule of Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease |
| June 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Equipment on operating leases | $ | 2,054 |  |  | $ | 1,197 |
Less: accumulated depreciation | (171 | ) |  | (87 | )
Equipment on operating leases, net | $ | 1,883 |  |  | $ | 1,110 |
Schedule of Operating Lease Depreciation Expense and Impairment Charges |
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| June 30, 2017 |  | June 30, 2016 |  | June 30, 2017 |  | June 30, 2016
Depreciation expense | $ | 64 |  |  | $ | 33 |  |  | $ | 108 |  |  | $ | 54 |
Impairment charges | $ | 34 |  |  | $ | 29 |  |  | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 41 |
GM Financial [Member] |
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items] |
Schedule of Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease |
| June 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
GM Financial equipment on operating leases | $ | 47,905 |  |  | $ | 40,654 |
Less: accumulated depreciation | (8,180 | ) |  | (6,312 | )
GM Financial equipment on operating leases, net | $ | 39,725 |  |  | $ | 34,342 |
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:
| Year Ending December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2021
Minimum rental receipts under operating leases | $ | 3,371 |  |  | $ | 5,599 |  |  | $ | 3,191 |  |  | $ | 723 |  |  | $ | 50 |

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