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Accounts Receivable Sales Agreements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Resale Agreement Counterparty [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	49.00%
Loss on sales of receivables	$ 18.8	$ 24.8	$ 25.6
Outstanding funding received from receivable securitization	17.7	43.3
United States, Canada and Europe
Resale Agreement Counterparty [Line Items]
Cash received from receivables sold	$ 1,100.0	$ 1,200.0

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Outstanding accounts receivables of accounts receivables sold to the Company’s retail finance joint ventures who provide wholesale financing to the Company’s dealers.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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-Publisher FASB
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Reflects the net positive or negative amount derived from subtracting from net proceeds of sale, the carrying amounts, net of allocated reserves, of accounts receivable transferred to a third party in a transaction that qualifies for sales treatment.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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The cash inflow associated with the proceeds from sale and collection of receivables during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Investing Activities
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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