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Equipment on Operating Leases (Tables) - Vehicles [Member]

12 Months Ended

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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Tabular disclosure of lessor's property under leasing agreements and property available for lease (not currently under lease) by property class, the gross amount, accumulated depreciation and net amount of as of the balance sheet date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84164653&loc=d3e41551-112718

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