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Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) - Organizational Transactions (Details)			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 03, 2017 vote $ / shares shares	May 02, 2017	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2022 class $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2021 $ / shares shares
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	50,000,000			50,000,000		50,000,000
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.01			$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Classes of common stock, ownership interest \| class				2
Conversion ratio				1.25
Common unit, multiplier used for conversion ratio				1.25
Class A Units
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Conversion ratio					0.80
Class A Units \| Carvana Group
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Common units, issued (in shares)				236,000,000		216,000,000
Common unit, outstanding (in shares)				236,000,000		216,000,000
Class B Units
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Conversion ratio			0.80
Class B Units \| Carvana Group
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Common units, issued (in shares)				1,000,000		3,000,000
Common unit, outstanding (in shares)				1,000,000		3,000,000
Garcia Parties
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Ownership percentage of outstanding shares, minimum requirement	25.00%
Carvana Sub
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Percentage of voting power		0.10%
Class A
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	500,000,000			500,000,000		500,000,000
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.001			$ 0.001		$ 0.001
Number of votes \| vote	1
Required ratio between shares issued and shares owned of subsidiary	0.8
Required ratio between shares outstanding and shares owned of subsidiary	0.8
Class A \| Exchange Agreement
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Conversion ratio	0.8
Class B
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	125,000,000			125,000,000		125,000,000
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.001			$ 0.001		$ 0.001
Number of votes \| vote	1
Conversion ratio	0.8
Class B \| Garcia Parties
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Number of votes \| vote	10