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Property and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract] |
Property and Equipment | 4. Property and Equipment Property and equipment consists of the following:
|  |  | December 31, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |  |
|  |  | (In thousands) |  |
| Land |  | $ | 224,124 |  |  | $ | 194,639 |  |
| Building and improvements |  |  | 582,261 |  |  |  | 569,619 |  |
| Office equipment and fixtures |  |  | 151,165 |  |  |  | 135,221 |  |
| Parts and service equipment |  |  | 68,248 |  |  |  | 70,950 |  |
| Company vehicles |  |  | 8,958 |  |  |  | 8,002 |  |
| Construction in progress |  |  | 81,180 |  |  |  | 27,716 |  |
| Total, at cost |  |  | 1,115,936 |  |  |  | 1,006,147 |  |
| Less accumulated depreciation |  |  | (316,617 | ) |  |  | (300,035 | ) |
| Subtotal |  |  | 799,319 |  |  |  | 706,112 |  |
| Less assets held for sale |  |  | - |  |  |  | (4,101 | ) |
| Property and equipment, net |  | $ | 799,319 |  |  | $ | 702,011 |  |
Interest capitalized in conjunction with construction projects and software development was approximately $1.9 million, $2.5 million and $1.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. As of December 31, 2014, commitments for facility construction projects totaled approximately $32.9 million. Assets held for sale at December 31, 2013 consist of land and buildings related to several properties that are not being used in operations. Amounts are included in other current assets in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, property and equipment impairment charges were recorded as noted in the following table:
|  |  | Continuing Operations |  |  | Discontinued Operations |  |
|  |  | (In thousands) |  |
| Year ended December 31, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2014 |  | $ | 4,394 |  |  | $ | - |  |
| 2013 |  | $ | 9,272 |  |  | $ | - |  |
| 2012 |  | $ | 440 |  |  | $ | 510 |  |
Impairment charges related to continuing operations were related to land and buildings held for sale, the abandonment of construction and software development projects, the abandonment and disposal of dealership equipment or Sonic’s estimate that based on historical and projected operating losses for certain dealerships, these dealerships would not be able to recover recorded property and equipment asset balances.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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