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Automotive and GM Financial Debt (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Automotive [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Debt carrying amount and fair value |
| March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
| Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value
Automotive debt | $ | 14,662 |  |  | $ | 14,701 |  |  | $ | 13,435 |  |  | $ | 12,700 |
Finance lease liabilities | 291 |  |  | 487 |  |  | 528 |  |  | 831 |
Total automotive debt | $ | 14,953 |  |  | $ | 15,188 |  |  | $ | 13,963 |  |  | $ | 13,531 |
Fair value utilizing Level 1 inputs |  |  | $ | 12,353 |  |  |  |  | $ | 11,693 |
Fair value utilizing Level 2 inputs |  |  | $ | 2,835 |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,838 |
GM Financial [Member] |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Debt carrying amount and fair value |
| March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
| Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value
Secured debt | $ | 41,625 |  |  | $ | 41,738 |  |  | $ | 42,835 |  |  | $ | 42,835 |
Unsecured debt | 50,506 |  |  | 50,866 |  |  | 48,153 |  |  | 47,556 |
Total GM Financial debt | $ | 92,131 |  |  | $ | 92,604 |  |  | $ | 90,988 |  |  | $ | 90,391 |
Fair value utilizing Level 2 inputs |  |  | $ | 90,615 |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 88,305 |
Fair value utilizing Level 3 inputs |  |  | $ | 1,989 |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2,086 |

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