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Note 3 - Inventories

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Notes to Financial Statements

Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]

Note

3.

Inventories

The components of inventories, net, consisted of the following (in thousands):

		March 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
New vehicles		$	1,364,188			$	1,338,110
Used vehicles			381,190				368,067
Parts and accessories			66,839				66,410
Total inventories		$	1,812,217			$	1,772,587

Inventories are valued at the lower of net realizable value or cost, using a pooled approach for vehicles and the specific identification method for parts. Certain acquired inventories are valued using the last-in

first

-out (LIFO) method.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 330
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2126998

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