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Share appreciation rights plan	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]
Share appreciation rights plan	NOTE 8 Share appreciation rights plan Effective as of January 1, 2012, we established a Share Appreciation Rights Plan (the "SAR Plan"). Eligible participants received a number of stock appreciation rights annually that entitle the employee to receive the appreciation in the fair market value of a share from the date of grant up to a specified date or dates plus an amount equal to the distributions per share. Awards granted in a given year vest to the participant over a three-year period. Benefits paid under the SAR Plan were made in cash, not common stock, at the end of the three-year vesting period from the original grant date. Expense related to the SAR Plan has been recorded in accordance with the accounting standards for share-based payments. Due to the cash settlement at the end of the performance period, the awards were classified as a liability and remeasured each reporting period at fair value. Cars.com recorded a liability of $1.1 million and $10.8 million related to its SAR Plan on its Condensed Consolidated and Combined Balance Sheets at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. No stock appreciation rights were granted to employees during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017. Management does not expect to issue any new grants subsequent to the Separation.

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The entire disclosure for an entity's employee compensation and benefit plans, including, but not limited to, postemployment and postretirement benefit plans, defined benefit pension plans, defined contribution plans, non-qualified and supplemental benefit plans, deferred compensation, share-based compensation, life insurance, severance, health care, unemployment and other benefit plans.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 710
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Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
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