Goodwill and Franchise Value

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

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 acquisitions²	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

¹Net of accumulated impairment losses of $299.3 million recorded during the year ended December 31, 2008.

²Our 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.

³Our 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.

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 acquisitions¹	495
Adjustments to purchase price allocations ²	2,214
Balance as of September 30, 2017	$	186,977

¹Our 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.

²Our 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.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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