Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Release of valuation allowance		$ 167,224
Payment for income tax including discontinued operations net of refund	97,093	6,988	30,186
Tax loss carry forward state	17,459
Tax loss carry forward foreign	23,067
Deferred tax assets tax credit carry forwards domestic	1,838
Deferred tax assets tax credit carry forwards state and local	4,917
Capital losses	53,516
Unrecognized tax benefits for permanent and temporary book/tax differences for continuing operations	5,138	987	9,237	7,517
Recognition of unrecognized tax benefit upon which the effective rate would change	4,728
Accrued tax provision of interest expense	27	226	79
Unrecognized tax benefits interest on income taxes accrued	27
Deferred tax liability on undistributed earnings	371,573
Impact of full and partial income tax holidays		1,965	5,140
Proceeds from Cooper-Standard Automotive, Inc. (CSA)		17,639
Liability release related to CSA		$ 7,400