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Equipment on Operating Leases (Tables) - Vehicles [Member] | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items] |
Schedule of Equipment on Operating Leases | Equipment on operating leases consists of leases to retail customers that are recorded as operating leases and vehicle sales to daily rental car companies with a guaranteed repurchase obligation.
| December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Equipment on operating leases | $ | 53,947 |  |  | $ | 41,851 |
Less: accumulated depreciation | (9,959 | ) |  | (6,399 | )
Equipment on operating leases, net(a) | $ | 43,988 |  |  | $ | 35,452 |
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(a) | Includes $42.9 billion and $34.3 billion of GM Financial equipment on operating leases, net in the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.
GM Financial [Member] |
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items] |
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:
| 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2022
Minimum rental receipts under operating leases | $ | 6,848 |  |  | $ | 4,530 |  |  | $ | 1,759 |  |  | $ | 189 |  |  | $ | 12 |

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