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Goodwill and Franchise Value (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill | The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Domestic |  | Import |  | Luxury |  | Consolidated
Balance as of December 31, 2015 ¹ |  | $ | 97,903 |  |  | $ | 84,384 |  |  | $ | 30,933 |  |  | $ | 213,220 |
Additions through acquisitions 2 |  | 18,154 |  |  | 21,795 |  |  | 7,448 |  |  | 47,397 |
Reductions through divestitures |  | (1,218 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,218 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2016 1 |  | 114,839 |  |  | 106,179 |  |  | 38,381 |  |  | 259,399 |
Adjustments to purchase price allocations 2,3 |  | (817 | ) |  | (1,006 | ) |  | (391 | ) |  | (2,214 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2017 ¹ |  | $ | 114,022 |  |  | $ | 105,173 |  |  | $ | 37,990 |  |  | $ | 257,185 |
1 Net of accumulated impairment losses of $299.3 million recorded during the year ended December 31, 2008. 2 Our purchase price allocation for the acquisition of the Carbone Auto Group was finalized in the third quarter of 2017. As a result, we reclassified $2.2 million of value from goodwill to franchise value. 3 Our purchase price allocation is preliminary for the acquisitions of the Baierl Auto Group and the Downtown LA Auto Group and the associated goodwill has not been allocated to each of our segments. See also Note 12.
Schedule of Franchise Value | The changes in the carrying amounts of franchise value are as follows (in thousands):
| Franchise Value
Balance as of December 31, 2015 | $ | 157,699 |
Additions through acquisitions | 27,087 |
Reductions through divestitures | (518 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2016 | 184,268 |
Additions through acquisitions 1 | 495 |
Adjustments to purchase price allocations 2 | 2,214 |
Balance as of September 30, 2017 | $ | 186,977 |
1 Our purchase price allocation is preliminary for the acquisitions of the Baierl Auto Group and the Downtown LA Auto Group and have not been included in the above franchise value additions. See also Note 12. 2 Our purchase price allocation for the acquisition of the Carbone Auto Group was finalized in the third quarter of 2017, resulting in a reclassification in the current year of $2.2 million from goodwill to franchise value.

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