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Debt (Schedule of General Information of Financing Transaction) (Details) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Jan. 22, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Jan. 22, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Line of credit maturity date |  | Sep. 10, 2019 |  |
Revolving Secured Line of Credit [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Wholly-owned Subsidiary |  | n/a |  |
Line of credit maturity date |  | Jun. 23, 2017 |  |
Financing Amount |  | $ 235,000,000 |  |
Revolving Secured Line of Credit [Member] | LIBOR [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Basis spread on variable rate |  | 1.875% |  |
Revolving Secured Line of Credit [Member] | Prime Rate [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Basis spread on variable rate |  | 0.875% |  |
Warehouse Facility II [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Wholly-owned Subsidiary |  | CAC Warehouse Funding Corp. II | [1] |
Debt maturity date |  | Jul. 18, 2017 | [1],[2] |
Debt facility financing amount |  | 325,000,000 | [1] |
Warehouse Facility II [Member] | LIBOR [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Basis spread on variable rate |  | 2.00% | [1],[3] |
Warehouse Facility IV [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Wholly-owned Subsidiary |  | CAC Warehouse Funding LLC IV | [1] |
Debt maturity date |  | Apr. 05, 2016 | [1],[2] |
Debt facility financing amount |  | 75,000,000 | [1] |
Warehouse Facility IV [Member] | LIBOR [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Basis spread on variable rate |  | 2.00% | [1],[3] |
Warehouse Facility V [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Wholly-owned Subsidiary |  | CAC Warehouse Funding LLC V | [1] |
Debt maturity date |  | Sep. 10, 2017 | [1],[4] |
Debt facility financing amount |  | 75,000,000 | [1] |
Warehouse Facility V [Member] | LIBOR [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Basis spread on variable rate |  | 1.60% | [1],[3] |
Term ABS 2011-1 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt maturity date |  | Sep. 16, 2013 |  |
Term ABS 2012-1 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Wholly-owned Subsidiary |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2012-1 | [1] |
Debt maturity date |  | Mar. 17, 2014 | [1],[2] |
Debt facility financing amount |  | 201,300,000.0 | [1] |
Term ABS 2012-2 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Wholly-owned Subsidiary |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2012-2 | [1] |
Debt maturity date |  | Sep. 15, 2014 | [1],[2] |
Debt facility financing amount |  | 252,000,000 | [1] |
Term ABS 2013-1 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Wholly-owned Subsidiary |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2013-1 | [1] |
Debt maturity date |  | Apr. 15, 2015 | [1],[2] |
Debt facility financing amount |  | 140,300,000.0 | [1] |
Term ABS 2013-2 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Wholly-owned Subsidiary |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2013-2 | [1] |
Debt maturity date |  | Oct. 15, 2015 | [1],[2] |
Debt facility financing amount |  | 197,800,000.0 | [1] |
Term ABS 2014-1 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Wholly-owned Subsidiary |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2014-1 | [1] |
Debt maturity date |  | Apr. 15, 2016 | [1],[2] |
Debt facility financing amount |  | 299,000,000 | [1] |
Term ABS 2014-2 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Wholly-owned Subsidiary |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2014-2 | [1] |
Debt maturity date |  | Sep. 15, 2016 | [1],[2] |
Debt facility financing amount |  | 349,000,000.0 | [1] |
2021 Senior Notes [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Wholly-owned Subsidiary |  | n/a |  |
Debt maturity date | Feb. 15, 2021 | Feb. 15, 2021 |  |
Debt facility financing amount |  | $ 300,000,000 |  | $ 300,000,000
[1] | Financing made available only to a specified subsidiary of the Company.
[2] | Represents the revolving maturity date. The outstanding balance will amortize after the maturity date based on the cash flows of the pledged assets.
[3] | Interest rate cap agreements are in place to limit the exposure to increasing interest rates.
[4] | Represents the revolving maturity date. The outstanding balance will amortize after the revolving maturity date and any amounts remaining on September 10, 2019 will be due.

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