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Inventory And Vehicle Floorplan Payable (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Inventory And Vehicle Floorplan Payable [Abstract] |
Components Of Inventory | The components of inventory are as follows:
| September 30, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
New vehicles | $ | 2,645.2 |  |  | $ | 2,888.1 |
Used vehicles | 606.3 |  |  | 539.7 |
Parts, accessories, and other | 196.5 |  |  | 184.2 |
Inventory | $ | 3,448.0 |  |  | $ | 3,612.0 |
Components Of Vehicle Floorplan Payable | The components of vehicle floorplan payable are as follows:
| September 30, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
Vehicle floorplan payable - trade | $ | 2,096.6 |  |  | $ | 2,565.8 |
Vehicle floorplan payable - non-trade | 1,442.9 |  |  | 1,161.3 |
Vehicle floorplan payable | $ | 3,539.5 |  |  | $ | 3,727.1 |

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