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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Unusual Risks and Uncertainties | COVID-19 – The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the global economy beginning in the first quarter of 2020 and continued to affect the global economy and supply chain. The impact on the economy initially affected both consumer demand and supply of manufactured goods as many countries around the world and states and municipalities in the U.S. mandated restrictions on citizen movements (i.e., shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders) or on in-person retail trade or manufacturing activities at physical locations. The economic impact from the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact our business. The global automotive supply chain has been significantly disrupted during the pandemic, primarily related to the production of semiconductors and other components that are used in many modern automobiles, in addition to workforce-related production delays and stoppages. As a result, automobile manufacturing is operating at lower than usual production levels, reducing the amount of new vehicle and certain parts inventory available to our dealerships. These inventory constraints, coupled with strong consumer demand and elevated levels of consumer savings, have led to low new and used vehicle inventory and a high new and used vehicle pricing environment, which drove lower retail new vehicle unit sales volumes across the industry. As a result of the pandemic and related shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders, we transitioned many of our teammates to remote work arrangements. In situations where a teammate’s role did not permit remote work (e.g., service repair technicians), we implemented staggered work hours, social distancing and other safety measures to promote the health and safety of our teammates and guests. As a result of the systems and infrastructure we had in place prior to the pandemic, we were largely able to maintain our back-office operations, financial reporting and internal control processes with minimal disruption or changes in the effectiveness of such processes. All of our store operations were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to varying degrees. As of March 31, 2022, our stores remain subject to both external and self-imposed health and safety policies and practices that may affect the way we sell vehicles and interact with our guests in the future. State and local governmental restrictions on consumer and business activity may be tightened again if conditions related to the pandemic worsen as a result of future coronavirus variants. Recent Accounting Pronouncements – In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting.” ASU 2020-04 provides optional guidance for a limited period of time to ease the potential accounting impact associated with transitioning away from reference rates that are expected to be discontinued, such as the London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The amendments in this ASU apply only to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued. The amendments in ASU 2020-04 could be adopted beginning January 1, 2020 and are effective through December 31, 2022. In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-01 which clarifies that certain optional expedients and exceptions in ASC Topic 848 for contract modifications and hedge accounting apply to derivatives that are affected by the discounting transition. We do not currently have any contracts that have been modified, amended or renegotiated to accommodate a transition to a new reference rate, but we will continue to evaluate any such modifications or amendments to our contracts to determine the applicability of this standard on our consolidated financial statements and related financial statement disclosures.
Error Correction Detail [Text Block] | Restatement of Previously Issued Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Subsequent to the issuance of the condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2022 in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2022, we identified an error in the application of ASC Topic 606, Revenue Recognition, related to principal accounting (gross accounting) versus agent accounting (net accounting) for certain fleet transactions from a newly acquired subsidiary. It was determined that we should have applied net accounting to certain fleet transactions where our previously issued condensed consolidated financial statements accounted for the transactions on a gross accounting basis. The result of this error overstated both fleet new vehicles revenues and fleet new vehicles cost of sales, along with the associated subtotals, in our previously issued condensed consolidated statements of operations. There was no impact to other financial statement line items or disclosures, unless related to the items in the table below. The impact on the 2021 consolidated financial statements was immaterial. We evaluated the effect of the corrections detailed in the tables below on the previously issued condensed consolidated financial statements, both individually and in the aggregate, in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 250, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections and concluded that the effect was material to the condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The tables below reflect the line items of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements that were impacted by the error.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the nature of the unusual risk or uncertainty, if estimable, such as the threat of expropriation of its assets by a foreign government, rapid technological obsolescence in the industry, risk of natural disaster from earthquake or weather events, and availability of or continuation of a labor force at a reasonable cost. + References No definition available. + Details
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