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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities |  |  |
Lease period, minimum | 5 years |  |
Lease period, maximum | 20 years |  |
Total rent obligations under leases | $ 4,900,000,000 us-gaap_AccruedRentCurrentAndNoncurrent |  |
Minimum future rental payments required under operating leases |  |  |
2015 | 210,500,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueCurrent |  |
2016 | 207,300,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears |  |
2017 | 203,000,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears |  |
2018 | 200,900,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears |  |
2019 | 199,500,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears |  |
2020 and thereafter | 3,923,900,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter |  |
Total | 4,945,100,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue |  |
Rent expense | 190,200,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet | 172,800,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet | 167,900,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet
Aggregate rent paid by the tenants | 25,600,000 pag_PropertyLeaseGuaranteeRentPaidByTenants |  |
Aggregate rent currently guaranteed by the Company | 258,600,000 pag_PropertyLeaseGuaranteeAmount |  |
Loss Contingencies |  |  |
Senior subordinated convertible notes, interest rate (as a percent) |  |  | 3.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
Letters of credit outstanding | 23,500,000 us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount |  |
Surety bonds posted | 15,000,000 pag_SuretyBondsPosted |  |
Holdings | Holdings Bond |  |  |
Loss Contingencies |  |  |
Senior unsecured notes issued | 700,000,000 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = pag_SeniorUnsecuredNotesDue2019Member / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = pag_HoldingsMember |  |
Senior subordinated convertible notes, interest rate (as a percent) | 3.80%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = pag_SeniorUnsecuredNotesDue2019Member / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = pag_HoldingsMember |  |
Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. |  |  |
Loss Contingencies |  |  |
Ownership interest in Penske Truck Leasing Co (as a percent) | 9.00%us-gaap_SubsidiaryOfLimitedLiabilityCompanyOrLimitedPartnershipOwnershipInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_PartnershipInterestMember |  |
Guarantee of Indebtedness of Others | GECC |  |  |
Loss Contingencies |  |  |
Percentage of interest agreed to indemnify if GECC required to make any payments of principal or interest | 9.00%pag_PercentageOfInterestAgreedToIndemnifyToMakeAnyPaymentsOfPrincipalOrInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = pag_GeccMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_GuaranteeOfIndebtednessOfOthersMember |  |
Annual fee pay for acting as co-obligor | 950,000 pag_AnnualFeeForActingAsCoObligor / dei_LegalEntityAxis = pag_GeccMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_GuaranteeOfIndebtednessOfOthersMember |  |
Value of interest payments included in maximum amount of Company's potential obligations | $ 63,100,000 pag_MaximumLiabilityForRequiredPrincipalRepaymentOnNotes / dei_LegalEntityAxis = pag_GeccMember / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_GuaranteeOfIndebtednessOfOthersMember |  |

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