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Debt Instrument, Outstanding Balance As A Percentage Of Original Principal Amount, Threshold Where Monthly Payments Are No Longer Required

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Debt Instrument, Outstanding Balance As A Percentage Of Vehicle Wholesale Value, Threshold Where Monthly Payments Are No Longer Required

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Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment Required For Inventory Exceeding Threshold Of Days In Inventory, Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Required Monthly Principal Payments, Number Of Days In Inventory Threshold

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Debt Instruments - Floor Plan Facilities (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended
	Sep. 22, 2022	Nov. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, outstanding			$ 1,534,000,000	$ 2,053,000,000
Restricted cash			$ 194,000,000	$ 233,000,000	$ 28,000,000
Line of Credit \| Floor plan facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Outstanding balance, days held in inventory threshold		150 days
Outstanding balance, held in inventory, percentage of original principal amount due		10.00%
Outstanding balance, held in inventory, original principal amount, threshold		50.00%
Outstanding balance, held in inventory, wholesale value, threshold		50.00%
Deposit required under floor plan facility, percentage of principal balance		12.50%
Interest rate			3.57%	2.55%
Line of credit, outstanding				$ 1,900,000,000
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity			$ 373,000,000
Restricted cash			141,000,000
Line of Credit \| Floor Plan Facility, 12-Month
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity			2,200,000,000
Line of credit, outstanding			569,000,000
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity			1,600,000,000
Restricted cash			71,000,000
Line of Credit \| Floor Plan Facility, 12-Month \| Prime Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
Line of Credit \| Floor Plan Facility, 18-Month
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, outstanding			0
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity			2,000,000,000
Restricted cash			$ 0
Current amount available	$ 2,000,000,000
Line of Credit \| Floor Plan Facility, 18-Month \| Prime Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	1.00%