Incremental annual revenue expected from the business acquisition.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance with a definite life, resulting from a business combination.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination.

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Business Acquisitions and Investments, European OE Business Acquisition (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2012 Customer Relationships [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Standard Motor Products Holdings Ltd [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2013 Standard Motor Products Holdings Ltd [Member] GBP (£)	Sep. 30, 2013 Standard Motor Products Holdings Ltd [Member] Minimum [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Standard Motor Products Holdings Ltd [Member] Maximum [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2013 Standard Motor Products Holdings Ltd [Member] Customer Relationships [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Standard Motor Products Holdings Ltd [Member] Customer Relationships [Member] USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price of business		$ 6.5	£ 4.2
Incremental annual revenue from acquired business				1	2
Intangible assets acquired in business acquisition						3.8	3.8
Goodwill acquired in business acquisition		$ 2
Estimated useful life of intangible assets	7 years					10 years	10 years