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Inventory And Vehicle Floorplan Payable (Tables)

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Sep. 30, 2021

Inventory And Vehicle Floorplan Payable [Abstract]

Components Of Inventory

The components of inventory are as follows:

			September 30, 2021						December 31, 2020
New vehicles			$	387.5					$	1,761.9
Used vehicles			898.1						648.4
Parts, accessories, and other			211.0						188.2
Inventory			$	1,496.6					$	2,598.5

Components Of Vehicle Floorplan Payable

The components of vehicle floorplan payable are as follows:

			September 30, 2021						December 31, 2020
Vehicle floorplan payable - trade			$	466.4					$	1,541.7
Vehicle floorplan payable - non-trade			782.0						1,218.2
Vehicle floorplan payable			$	1,248.4					$	2,759.9

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