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Segments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segments
Segments

While we have determined that each individual store is a reporting unit, we have aggregated our reporting units into three reportable segments based on their economic similarities: Domestic, Import and Luxury.

Our Domestic segment is comprised of retail automotive franchises that sell new vehicles manufactured by Chrysler, General Motors and Ford. Our Import segment is comprised of retail automotive franchises that sell new vehicles manufactured primarily by Honda, Toyota, Subaru, Nissan and Volkswagen. Our Luxury segment is comprised of retail automotive franchises that sell new vehicles manufactured primarily by BMW, Mercedes and Lexus. The franchises in each segment also sell used vehicles, parts and automotive services, as well as automotive finance and insurance products.

Corporate and other revenue and income includes the results of operations of our stand-alone body shops offset by unallocated corporate overhead expenses, such as corporate personnel costs, and certain unallocated reserve and elimination adjustments. Additionally, certain internal corporate expense allocations increase segment income for Corporate and other while decreasing segment income for the other reportable segments. These internal corporate expense allocations are used to increase comparability of our dealerships and reflect the capital burden a stand-alone dealership would experience. Examples of these internal allocations include internal rent expense, internal floor plan financing charges, and internal fees charged to offset employees within our corporate headquarters who perform certain dealership functions.

We define our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) to be certain members of our executive management group. Historical and forecasted operational performance are evaluated on a store-by-store basis and on a consolidated basis by the CODM. We derive the operating results of the segments directly from our internal management reporting system. The accounting policies used to derive segment results are substantially the same as those used to determine our consolidated results, except for the internal allocation within Corporate and other discussed above. Our CODM measures the performance of each operating segment based on several metrics, including earnings from operations, and uses these results, in part, to evaluate the performance of, and to allocate resources to, each of the operating segments.

Certain financial information on a segment basis is as follows (in millions):
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2019
 
2018
Revenues:
 
 

 
 

Domestic
 
 
 
 
New vehicle
 
$
492.4

 
$
513.5

Used vehicle retail
 
300.4

 
264.8

Used vehicle wholesale
 
29.6

 
33.6

Finance and insurance
 
41.8

 
40.0

Service, body and parts
 
115.4

 
107.2

Fleet and other
 
17.1

 
11.5

 
 
996.7

 
970.6

Import
 
 
 
 
New vehicle
 
632.6

 
667.6

Used vehicle retail
 
341.3

 
307.7

Used vehicle wholesale
 
27.9

 
28.2

Finance and insurance
 
54.8

 
51.7

Service, body and parts
 
117.7

 
109.6

Fleet and other
 
17.3

 
5.6

 
 
1,191.6

 
1,170.4

Luxury
 
 
 
 
New vehicle
 
339.4

 
278.5

Used vehicle retail
 
186.3

 
142.9

Used vehicle wholesale
 
19.9

 
14.2

Finance and insurance
 
16.5

 
12.3

Service, body and parts
 
79.1

 
64.8

Fleet and other
 
13.7

 
3.8

 
 
654.9

 
516.5

 
 
2,843.2


2,657.5

Corporate and other
 
6.5

 
2.2

 
 
$
2,849.7


$
2,659.7

Segment income1:
 
 

 
 

Domestic
 
$
19.8

 
$
25.6

Import
 
30.0

 
23.0

Luxury
 
8.0

 
6.9

 
 
57.8


55.5

Corporate and other
 
52.5

 
41.6

Depreciation and amortization
 
(19.8
)
 
(16.8
)
Other interest expense
 
(15.3
)
 
(11.8
)
Other income, net
 
2.6

 
1.3

Income before income taxes
 
$
77.8


$
69.8

1Segment income for each of the segments is defined as income before income taxes, depreciation and amortization, other interest expense and other income, net.

 
 
 
March 31, 2019
 
December 31, 2018
Total assets:
 
 
 
 
Domestic
 
$
1,506.3

 
$
1,488.0

Import
 
1,317.1

 
1,224.2

Luxury
 
898.0

 
934.6

Corporate and other
 
1,970.6

 
1,737.2

 
 
$
5,692.0

 
$
5,384.0