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Property (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

	Estimated Useful Lives in Years		December 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
Land			$	1,647			$	1,587
Buildings and improvements	5-40		7,471				6,217
Machinery and equipment	3-27		23,915				21,613
Special tools	1-13		21,113				19,359
Construction in progress			6,188				4,493
Total property			60,334				53,269
Less: accumulated depreciation			(24,081		)		(20,666		)
Total property, net			$	36,253			$	32,603

Depreciation Amortization and Impairment of Property Plant and Equipment

The amount of interest capitalized and excluded from Automotive interest expense related to Property, net was insignificant in the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

	Years Ended December 31,
	2017				2016				2015
Depreciation and amortization expense	$	4,966			$	4,622			$	3,904
Impairment charges	$	199			$	68			$	628
Capitalized software amortization expense(a)	$	459			$	458			$	374

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(a) Included in depreciation and amortization expense.

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Tabular disclosure of the amount of depreciation, amortization and impairment of property, plant and equipment directly related to goods produced and sold and services rendered by an entity during the reporting period.

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Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
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-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(13))
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