Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Reportable segment revenue, gross profit, SG&A, depreciation and amortization expense, asset impairment, floorplan interest expense, other interest expense, provision for income taxes, net income and capital expenditures were as follows for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012:



	Year Ended December 31, 2014
	U.S.				U.K.			Brazil				Total
	(In thousands)
New vehicle retail sales	$	4,669,512			$	519,137		$	552,970			$	5,741,619
Used vehicle retail sales	1,923,740				283,147			117,981				2,324,868
Used vehicle wholesale sales	279,074				82,235			17,834				379,143
Parts and service	966,672				83,747			75,275				1,125,694
Finance and insurance	336,243				18,986			11,336				366,565
Total revenues	8,175,241				987,252			775,396				9,937,889
Gross profit	1,245,907				115,393			86,638				1,447,938
Selling, general and administrative expense	891,693			⁽¹⁾	90,427			79,844				1,061,964
Depreciation and amortization expense	36,701				3,403			2,240				42,344
Asset impairment	15,570				—			25,950				41,520
Floorplan interest (expense)	(34,060		)		(1,662		)	(5,892		)		(41,614		)
Other interest (expense) income, net	(46,516		)		(2,065		)	(1,112		)		(49,693		)
Loss on extinguishment of long-term debt	(46,403		)		—			—				(46,403		)
Income before income taxes	174,964				17,836			(28,400		)		164,400
(Provision) benefit for income taxes	(77,715		)		(3,561		)	9,880			⁽²⁾	(71,396		)
Net income (loss)	97,249				14,275			(18,520		)		93,004
Capital expenditures	88,774				3,679			5,256				97,709

⁽¹⁾ Includes the following, pre-tax: loss due to catastrophic events of $2.8 million and a gain on real estate and dealership transactions of $13.8 million.

⁽²⁾ Includes the tax impact on deductible goodwill for $3.4 million.



	Year Ended December 31, 2013
	U.S.				U.K.			Brazil ⁽¹⁾				Total
	(In thousands)
New vehicle retail sales	$	4,220,913			$	441,537		$	562,471			$	5,224,921
Used vehicle retail sales	1,728,072				221,590			89,766				2,039,428
Used vehicle wholesale sales	236,995				66,077			29,113				332,185
Parts and service	878,951				67,557			64,177				1,010,685
Finance and insurance	288,409				14,028			8,925				311,362
Total revenues	7,353,340				810,789			754,452				8,918,581
Gross profit	1,116,415				93,221			82,910				1,292,546
Selling, general and administrative expense	830,275			⁽²⁾	74,777			71,804			⁽³⁾	976,856
Depreciation and amortization expense	31,671				2,573			1,582				35,826
Asset impairment	6,542				—			—				6,542
Floorplan interest expense	(33,789		)		(1,589		)	(6,289		)		(41,667		)
Other interest (expense) income, net	(37,982		)		(1,158		)	169				(38,971		)
Other expense, net	—				—			(789		)		(789		)
Income before income taxes	176,156				13,124			2,615				191,895
Provision for income taxes	70,815				3,064			4,024				77,903
Net income ⁽³⁾	105,340			⁽⁴⁾	10,061			(1,409		)	⁽⁵⁾	113,992
Capital expenditures	64,442				1,489			3,285				69,216

⁽¹⁾Includes financial data from the date of acquisition in February 2013 through December 31, 2013.

⁽²⁾ Includes the following, pre-tax: loss due to catastrophic events of $12.2 million, a net gain on real estate and dealership transactions of $10.2 million and acquisition costs of $5.2 million.

⁽³⁾ Includes pre-tax acquisition costs of $1.2 million.

⁽⁴⁾Includes the following, after-tax: loss due to catastrophic events of $7.4 million, net gain on real estate and dealership transactions of $5.4 million, non-cash asset impairment charges of $4.0 million and acquisition costs of $3.2 million, as well as the income tax effect of non-deductible acquisition costs of $1.7 million.

⁽⁵⁾ Includes the following, after-tax: income tax effect of reserve for certain deferred tax assets of $3.5 million and acquisition costs of $1.3 million.



	Year Ended December 31, 2012
	U.S.				U.K.			Brazil		Total
	(In thousands)
New vehicle retail sales	$	4,004,211			$	286,887		$	—	$	4,291,098
Used vehicle retail sales	1,623,588				133,330			—		1,756,918
Used vehicle wholesale sales	240,789				47,350			—		288,139
Parts and service	833,964				46,106			—		880,070
Finance and insurance	251,458				8,417			—		259,875
Total revenues	6,954,010				522,090			—		7,476,100
Gross profit	1,054,270				62,982			—		1,117,252
Selling, general and administrative expense	796,998			⁽¹⁾	51,448			—		848,446
Depreciation and amortization expense	29,137				2,397			—		31,534
Asset impairment	7,276				—			—		7,276
Floorplan interest expense	(30,736		)		(1,060		)	—		(31,796		)
Other interest (expense) income, net	(36,831		)		(634		)	—		(37,465		)
Income before income taxes	153,292				7,443			—		160,735
Provision for income taxes	58,794				1,732			—		60,526
Net income	94,498			⁽²⁾	5,711			—		100,209
Capital expenditures	61,214				747			—		61,961

⁽¹⁾ Includes the following, pre-tax: loss due to catastrophic events of $4.6 million, acquisition costs of $1.8 million and a net gain on real estate and dealership transactions of $1.5 million.

⁽²⁾ Includes the following, after tax: non-cash asset impairment charges of $4.4 million, loss due to catastrophic events of $2.9 million and acquisition costs of $1.1 million.

Schedule of Segment Reporting, by Segment, Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

oodwill and intangible franchise rights and total assets by reportable segment were as follows:



	As of December 31, 2014
	U.S.		U.K.		Brazil		Total
	(In thousands)
Goodwill and intangible franchise rights	$	958,144	$	43,295	$	132,885	$	1,134,324
Total assets	$	3,529,643	$	327,644	$	284,205	$	4,141,492



	As of December 31, 2013
	U.S.		U.K.		Brazil		Total
	(In thousands)
Goodwill and intangible franchise rights	$	828,881	$	28,261	$	181,666	$	1,038,808
Total assets	$	3,241,192	$	237,960	$	340,326	$	3,819,478

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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