Presentation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Related Party Transaction Impacting Balance Sheet [Table Text Block]

Additional detail regarding certain transactions and the effect on each segment at December 31 was as follows (in billions):

	2015						2016
	Automotive			Financial Services			Automotive			Financial Services
Trade and other receivables (a)				$	5.4					$	6.1
Unearned interest supplements and residual support (b)				(4.5		)				(5.3		)
Dealer financing and other financing receivables (c)				0.8						0.7
Net investment in operating leases (d)				0.7						0.9
Intersegment receivables/(payables) (e)	$	(1.1	)	1.1			$	(1.7	)	1.7

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(a) Automotive receivables (generated primarily from vehicle and parts sales to third parties) sold to Ford Credit.  

(b) Automotive segment pays amounts to Ford Credit at the point of retail financing or lease origination which represent interest supplements and residual support.

(c) Receivables with entities that are consolidated subsidiaries of Ford.  

(d) Sale-leaseback agreement between Automotive and Financial Services relating primarily to vehicles that we lease to our employees.

(e) Reflects amounts owed to Financial Services by Automotive (these amounts include the balances related to the Dealer financing and other financing receivables described above).