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Business Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended |  |  | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012 Entity | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010 Entity | Aug. 31, 2012 | May 31, 2011 | Jun. 04, 2012 Interior Systems [Member] | Aug. 31, 2012 E-Car [Member] | Dec. 31, 2012 E-Car [Member] | Aug. 31, 2012 E-Car [Member] Preliminary purchase equation allocation [Member] | Oct. 26, 2012 STT Technologies Inc. [Member] | Dec. 31, 2012 STT Technologies Inc. [Member] | Dec. 31, 2012 Ixetic Verwaltungs GmbH [Member]
Schedule Of Business Acquisitions Purchase Price Allocation [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash acquired | $ 127,000,000 |  |  |  |  | $ 19,000,000 | $ 19,000,000 | $ 19,000,000 |  | $ 13,000,000 | $ 13,000,000 | $ 64,000,000
Cash paid | 652,000,000 | 120,000,000 | 106,000,000 | 75,000,000 |  | 1,000,000 |  | 75,000,000 |  |  | 55,000,000 | 459,000,000
Interest acquired |  |  |  | 27.00% |  |  | 27.00% |  |  | 50.00% |  |
Net cash outflow | 525,000,000 | 120,000,000 | 106,000,000 |  |  |  | 56,000,000 |  |  | 42,000,000 |  | 395,000,000
Purchase intangibles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 210,000,000 |  |  |
Goodwill | 289,000,000 | 29,000,000 | 68,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 16,000,000 |  | 58,000,000 | 58,000,000 | 169,000,000
Number of manufacturing facilities in Brazil | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of interest in Wuhu Youth Tongyang Auto Plastic Parts Co., Ltd. |  |  |  |  | 51.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total consideration for the acquisitions | 525,000,000 | 157,000,000 | 120,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 56,000,000 |  |  | 42,000,000 | 395,000,000
Consideration assumed as debt |  | 37,000,000 | 14,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in non-cash working capital | (129,000,000) | 35,000,000 | (45,000,000) |  |  |  |  | (48,000,000) |  |  | 9,000,000 | 54,000,000
Increase in fixed assets | 501,000,000 | 95,000,000 | 69,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 87,000,000 |  |  | 30,000,000 | 186,000,000
Deferred tax assets |  | 6,000,000 | 4,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other long-term liabilities | 35,000,000 | 28,000,000 | 5,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Minority interest | 11,000,000 | 7,000,000 | 3,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 11,000,000 |  |  |  |
Number of production facilities in Argentina |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other assets | 94,000,000 |  | 40,000,000 |  |  |  |  | 9,000,000 |  |  |  | 68,000,000
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  | 8,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Company's pro forma consolidated sales | 31,500,000,000 | 30,000,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Losses on acquisition | $ 1,400,000,000 | $ 900,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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