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Automotive and GM Financial Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Interest expense

	Years Ended December 31,
	2017				2016				2015
Automotive interest expense	$	575			$	563			$	423
Automotive Financing - GM Financial interest expense	2,566				1,972				1,460
Total interest expense	$	3,141			$	2,535			$	1,883

Schedule of maturities of long-term debt

The following table summarizes contractual maturities including capital leases at December 31, 2017:

	Automotive				Automotive Financing(a)				Total
2018	$	2,528			$	24,502			$	27,030
2019	154				18,489				18,643
2020	586				14,696				15,282
2021	59				7,802				7,861
2022	63				5,323				5,386
Thereafter	10,611				10,477				21,088
	$	14,001			$	81,289			$	95,290

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(a) Secured debt, credit facilities and other unsecured debt are based on expected payoff date. Senior notes principal amounts are based on maturity.

Automotive [Member]

Debt carrying amount and fair value

	December 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
Secured debt	$	204			$	108
Unsecured debt	12,579				9,742
Capital leases	719				710
Total automotive debt(a)	$	13,502			$	10,560
Fair value utilizing Level 1 inputs	$	13,202			$	9,515
Fair value utilizing Level 2 inputs	1,886				1,884
Fair value of automotive debt	$	15,088			$	11,399
Available under credit facility agreements	$	14,067			$	14,181
Interest rate range on outstanding debt(b)	0.0-21.8%				0.0-18.0%
Weighted-average interest rate on outstanding short-term debt(b)	4.7		%		10.7		%
Weighted-average interest rate on outstanding long-term debt(b)	5.2		%		5.2		%

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(a) Includes net discount and debt issuance costs of $499 million and $491 million at December 31, 2017 and 2016.

(b) Includes coupon rates on debt denominated in various foreign currencies and interest free loans and the impact of reclassification of $1.5 billion of senior unsecured notes from long-term to short-term in the year ended December 31, 2017.

GM Financial [Member]

Debt carrying amount and fair value

	December 31, 2017								December 31, 2016
	Carrying Amount				Fair Value				Carrying Amount				Fair Value
Secured debt	$	39,887			$	39,948			$	35,087			$	35,162
Unsecured debt	40,830				41,989				29,476				30,045
Total GM Financial debt	$	80,717			$	81,937			$	64,563			$	65,207
Fair value utilizing Level 2 inputs					$	79,623							$	62,951
Fair value utilizing Level 3 inputs					$	2,314							$	2,256

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