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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Principal Debt Outstanding | Debt consists of the following:
(In millions) |  | As of December 31, 2018
|  | Principal Outstanding |  | Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs |  | Unamortized Discount |  | Carrying Amount
Revolving secured line of credit (1) |  | $ | 171.9 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 171.9 |
Secured financing (2) |  | 3,108.7 |  |  | (16.0 | ) |  | — |  |  | 3,092.7 |
Senior notes |  | 550.0 |  |  | (4.5 | ) |  | (1.1 | ) |  | 544.4 |
Mortgage note |  | 11.9 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 11.9 |
Total debt |  | $ | 3,842.5 |  |  | $ | (20.5 | ) |  | $ | (1.1 | ) |  | $ | 3,820.9 |
(In millions) |  | As of December 31, 2017
|  | Principal Outstanding |  | Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs |  | Unamortized Discount |  | Carrying Amount
Revolving secured line of credit (1) |  | $ | 13.9 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 13.9 |
Secured financing (2) |  | 2,529.1 |  |  | (15.0 | ) |  | — |  |  | 2,514.1 |
Senior notes |  | 550.0 |  |  | (5.9 | ) |  | (1.3 | ) |  | 542.8 |
Total debt |  | $ | 3,093.0 |  |  | $ | (20.9 | ) |  | $ | (1.3 | ) |  | $ | 3,070.8 |
Schedule Of General Information Of Financing Transaction | General information for each of our financing transactions in place as of December 31, 2018 is as follows:
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Financings |  | Wholly-owned Subsidiary |  | Maturity Date |  | Financing Amount |  |  | Interest Rate as of December 31, 2018
Revolving Secured Line of Credit |  | n/a |  | 06/22/21 |  |  |  | $ | 350.0 |  | (1) |  | At our option, either LIBOR plus 187.5 basis points or the prime rate plus 87.5 basis points
Warehouse Facility II (2) |  | CAC Warehouse Funding Corp. II |  | 12/20/20 |  | (3) |  | $ | 400.0 |  |  |  | LIBOR plus 175 basis points (4)
Warehouse Facility IV (2) |  | CAC Warehouse Funding LLC IV |  | 04/30/20 |  | (3) |  | $ | 250.0 |  |  |  | LIBOR plus 225 basis points (4)
Warehouse Facility V (2) |  | CAC Warehouse Funding LLC V |  | 08/17/21 |  | (5) |  | $ | 100.0 |  |  |  | LIBOR plus 190 basis points (4)
Warehouse Facility VI (2) |  | CAC Warehouse Funding LLC VI |  | 09/30/20 |  | (3) |  | $ | 75.0 |  |  |  | LIBOR plus 200 basis points
Warehouse Facility VII (2) |  | CAC Warehouse Funding LLC VII |  | 12/17/20 |  | (6) |  | $ | 150.0 |  |  |  | Commercial paper rate plus 200 (4)
Term ABS 2016-1 (2) |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2016-1 |  | 02/15/18 |  | (3) |  | $ | 385.0 |  |  |  | LIBOR plus 195 basis points (4)
Term ABS 2016-2 (2) |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2016-2 |  | 05/15/18 |  | (3) |  | $ | 350.2 |  |  |  | Fixed rate
Term ABS 2016-3 (2) |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2016-3 |  | 10/15/18 |  | (3) |  | $ | 350.0 |  |  |  | Fixed rate
Term ABS 2017-1 (2) |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2017-1 |  | 02/15/19 |  | (3) |  | $ | 350.0 |  |  |  | Fixed rate
Term ABS 2017-2 (2) |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2017-2 |  | 06/17/19 |  | (3) |  | $ | 450.0 |  |  |  | Fixed rate
Term ABS 2017-3 (2) |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2017-3 |  | 10/15/19 |  | (3) |  | $ | 350.0 |  |  |  | Fixed rate
Term ABS 2018-1 (2) |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2018-1 |  | 02/17/20 |  | (3) |  | $ | 500.0 |  |  |  | Fixed rate
Term ABS 2018-2 (2) |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2018-2 |  | 05/15/20 |  | (3) |  | $ | 450.0 |  |  |  | Fixed rate
Term ABS 2018-3 (2) |  | Credit Acceptance Funding LLC 2018-3 |  | 08/17/20 |  | (3) |  | $ | 398.3 |  |  |  | Fixed rate
2021 Senior Notes |  | n/a |  | 02/15/21 |  |  |  | $ | 300.0 |  |  |  | Fixed rate
2023 Senior Notes |  | n/a |  | 03/15/23 |  |  |  | $ | 250.0 |  |  |  | Fixed rate
Mortgage Note |  | Chapter 4 Properties, LLC |  | 08/06/23 |  |  |  | $ | 12.0 |  |  |  | LIBOR plus 150 basis points
(1) | The amount of the facility will decrease to $315.0 million on June 22, 2019.
(2) | Financing made available only to a specified subsidiary of the Company.
(3) | Represents the revolving maturity date. The outstanding balance will amortize after the revolving maturity date based on the cash flows of the pledged assets.
(4) | Interest rate cap agreements are in place to limit the exposure to increasing interest rates.
(5) | Represents the revolving maturity date. The outstanding balance will amortize after the revolving maturity date and any amounts remaining on August 17, 2023 will be due on that date.
(6) | Represents the revolving maturity date. The outstanding balance will amortize after the revolving maturity date and any amounts remaining on December 17, 2022 will be due on that date.
Schedule Of Additional Information Related To Debt Instruments | Additional information related to the amounts outstanding on each facility is as follows:
(In millions) | For the Years Ended December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
Revolving Secured Line of Credit |  |  |
Maximum outstanding principal balance | $ | 265.4 |  |  | $ | 276.7 |
Average outstanding principal balance | 40.6 |  |  | 80.3 |
Warehouse Facility II |  |  |
Maximum outstanding principal balance | $ | 201.0 |  |  | $ | 275.0 |
Average outstanding principal balance | 3.3 |  |  | 4.0 |
Warehouse Facility IV |  |  |
Maximum outstanding principal balance | $ | 99.0 |  |  | $ | 12.0 |
Average outstanding principal balance | 0.5 |  |  | 5.9 |
Warehouse Facility V |  |  |
Maximum outstanding principal balance | $ | 99.0 |  |  | $ | 100.0 |
Average outstanding principal balance | 1.1 |  |  | 7.8 |
Warehouse Facility VI |  |  |
Maximum outstanding principal balance | $ | 75.0 |  |  | $ | 75.0 |
Average outstanding principal balance | 0.4 |  |  | 7.8 |
Warehouse Facility VII |  |  |
Maximum outstanding principal balance | $ | 150.0 |  |  | $ | — |
Average outstanding principal balance | 7.8 |  |  | — |
Summary Of Debt |
(Dollars in millions) | As of December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
Revolving Secured Line of Credit |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | 171.9 |  |  | $ | 13.9 |
Amount available for borrowing (1) | 178.1 |  |  | 336.1 |
Interest rate | 4.38 | % |  | 3.44 | %
Warehouse Facility II |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Amount available for borrowing (1) | 400.0 |  |  | 400.0 |
Loans pledged as collateral | — |  |  | — |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 1.0 |  |  | 1.0 |
Interest rate | — | % |  | — | %
Warehouse Facility IV |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Amount available for borrowing (1) | 250.0 |  |  | 100.0 |
Loans pledged as collateral | — |  |  | — |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 1.0 |  |  | 1.0 |
Interest rate | — | % |  | — | %
Warehouse Facility V |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Amount available for borrowing (1) | 100.0 |  |  | 100.0 |
Loans pledged as collateral | — |  |  | — |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 1.0 |  |  | 1.0 |
Interest rate | — | % |  | — | %
Warehouse Facility VI |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Amount available for borrowing (1) | 75.0 |  |  | 75.0 |
Loans pledged as collateral | — |  |  | — |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 0.1 |  |  | — |
Interest rate | — | % |  | — | %
Warehouse Facility VII |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Amount available for borrowing (1) | 150.0 |  |  | 150.0 |
Loans pledged as collateral | — |  |  | — |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 1.0 |  |  | 1.0 |
Interest rate | — | % |  | — | %
Term ABS 2015-1 |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | — |  |  | $ | 78.0 |
Loans pledged as collateral | — |  |  | 238.4 |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | — |  |  | 23.3 |
Interest rate | — | % |  | 2.88 | %
Term ABS 2015-2 |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | — |  |  | $ | 215.9 |
Loans pledged as collateral | — |  |  | 313.3 |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | — |  |  | 26.4 |
Interest rate | — | % |  | 2.72 | %
Term ABS 2016-1 |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | 125.3 |  |  | $ | 385.0 |
Loans pledged as collateral | 320.8 |  |  | 467.2 |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 29.6 |  |  | 36.6 |
Interest rate | 4.41 | % |  | 3.18 | %
Term ABS 2016-2 |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | 184.5 |  |  | $ | 350.2 |
Loans pledged as collateral | 335.0 |  |  | 428.0 |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 28.3 |  |  | 33.2 |
Interest rate | 3.20 | % |  | 2.83 | %
Term ABS 2016-3 |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | 300.6 |  |  | $ | 350.0 |
Loans pledged as collateral | 392.7 |  |  | 425.7 |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 30.7 |  |  | 31.1 |
Interest rate | 2.59 | % |  | 2.53 | %
Term ABS 2017-1 |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | 350.0 |  |  | $ | 350.0 |
Loans pledged as collateral | 429.8 |  |  | 425.9 |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 30.9 |  |  | 30.8 |
Interest rate | 2.78 | % |  | 2.78 | %
Term ABS 2017-2 |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | 450.0 |  |  | $ | 450.0 |
Loans pledged as collateral | 548.4 |  |  | 545.8 |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 39.4 |  |  | 39.8 |
Interest rate | 2.72 | % |  | 2.72 | %
Term ABS 2017-3 |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | 350.0 |  |  | $ | 350.0 |
Loans pledged as collateral | 426.1 |  |  | 482.6 |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 28.6 |  |  | 29.6 |
Interest rate | 2.88 | % |  | 2.88 | %
Term ABS 2018-1 |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | 500.0 |  |  | $ | — |
Loans pledged as collateral | 614.5 |  |  | — |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 41.8 |  |  | — |
Interest rate | 3.24 | % |  | — | %
Term ABS 2018-2 |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | 450.0 |  |  | $ | — |
Loans pledged as collateral | 552.2 |  |  | — |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 36.3 |  |  | — |
Interest rate | 3.68 | % |  | — | %
Term ABS 2018-3 |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | 398.3 |  |  | $ | — |
Loans pledged as collateral | 578.8 |  |  | — |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral | 33.6 |  |  | — |
Interest rate | 3.72 | % |  | — | %
2021 Senior Notes |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | 300.0 |  |  | $ | 300.0 |
Interest rate | 6.125 | % |  | 6.125 | %
2023 Senior Notes |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | 250.0 |  |  | $ | 250.0 |
Interest rate | 7.375 | % |  | 7.375 | %
Mortgage Note |  |  |
Principal balance outstanding | $ | 11.9 |  |  | $ | — |
Interest rate | 3.85 | % |  | — | %
Summary of Term ABS Debt | The table below sets forth certain additional details regarding the outstanding Term ABS Financings:
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Term ABS Financings |  | Close Date |  | Net Book Value of Loans Contributed at Closing |  | 24 Month Revolving Period
Term ABS 2016-1 |  | February 26, 2016 |  | 481.4 |  |  | Through February 15, 2018
Term ABS 2016-2 |  | May 12, 2016 |  | 437.8 |  |  | Through May 15, 2018
Term ABS 2016-3 |  | October 27, 2016 |  | 437.8 |  |  | Through October 15, 2018
Term ABS 2017-1 |  | February 23, 2017 |  | 437.8 |  |  | Through February 15, 2019
Term ABS 2017-2 |  | June 29, 2017 |  | 563.2 |  |  | Through June 17, 2019
Term ABS 2017-3 |  | October 26, 2017 |  | 437.6 |  |  | Through October 15, 2019
Term ABS 2018-1 |  | February 22, 2018 |  | 625.1 |  |  | Through February 17, 2020
Term ABS 2018-2 |  | May 24, 2018 |  | 562.6 |  |  | Through May 15, 2020
Term ABS 2018-3 |  | August 23, 2018 |  | 500.1 |  |  | Through August 17, 2020
Scheduled Principal Maturities Of Debt | The scheduled principal maturities of our debt as of December 31, 2018 are as follows:
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year |  | Revolving Secured Line of Credit Facility |  | Warehouse Facilities |  | Term ABS Financings (1) |  | Senior Notes |  | Mortgage Note |  | Total
2019 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,048.0 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 1,048.6 |
2020 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,338.6 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | 1,339.2 |
2021 |  | 171.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 722.1 |  |  | 300.0 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | 1,194.6 |
2022 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 0.7 |
2023 |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 250.0 |  |  | 9.4 |  |  | 259.4 |
Thereafter |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 171.9 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,108.7 |  |  | $ | 550.0 |  |  | $ | 11.9 |  |  | $ | 3,842.5 |
(1) | The principal maturities of the Term ABS transactions are estimated based on forecasted collections.

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