Marketable Debt Securities (Detail) (Truck and Other, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
AMORTIZED COST	$ 943.8	$ 900.7
UNREALIZED GAINS	12.1	10.0
UNREALIZED LOSSES		0.6
FAIR VALUE	955.9	910.1
U.S. tax-exempt securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
AMORTIZED COST	299.7	291.9
UNREALIZED GAINS	2.6	2.6
UNREALIZED LOSSES		0.1
FAIR VALUE	302.3	294.4
U.S. corporate securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
AMORTIZED COST	27.9	27.4
UNREALIZED GAINS	0.3	0.3
UNREALIZED LOSSES		0.2
FAIR VALUE	28.2	27.5
U.S. government and agency securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
AMORTIZED COST	1.2	1.9
FAIR VALUE	1.2	1.9
Non-U.S. government securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
AMORTIZED COST	386.1	361.2
UNREALIZED GAINS	7.4	6.0
UNREALIZED LOSSES		0.1
FAIR VALUE	393.5	367.1
Non-U.S. corporate securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
AMORTIZED COST	150.3	148.0
UNREALIZED GAINS	1.1	0.5
UNREALIZED LOSSES		0.2
FAIR VALUE	151.4	148.3
Other debt securities
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
AMORTIZED COST	78.6	70.3
UNREALIZED GAINS	0.7	0.6
FAIR VALUE	$ 79.3	$ 70.9

This item represents the cost of debt and equity securities, which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading, net of adjustments including accretion, amortization, collection of cash, previous other-than-temporary impairments recognized in earnings (less any cumulative-effect adjustments recognized, as defined), and fair value hedge accounting adjustments, if any.

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as trading securities nor held-to-maturity securities and intended be sold or mature one year or operating cycle, if longer.

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This item represents the gross unrealized gains for securities, at a point in time, which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

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