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Asset-Backed Financing (Assets And Liabilities Of Variable Interest Entities) (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2015
Mar. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Financing Receivable [Member]      
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Financing Receivable [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | SPEs [Member]      
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Financing Receivable [Member] | Asset-backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | SPEs [Member]      
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Financing Receivable [Member] | Asset-Backed Canadian Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]      
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount 169,278,000us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount
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Allowance for Credit Loss [Member]      
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Allowance for Credit Loss [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | SPEs [Member]      
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Restricted Cash [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | SPEs [Member]      
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Restricted Cash [Member] | Asset-backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | SPEs [Member]      
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Restricted Cash [Member] | Asset-Backed Canadian Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]      
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Other Assets [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | SPEs [Member]      
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Other Assets [Member] | Asset-backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility [Member] | SPEs [Member]      
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings, Assets, Carrying Amount 311,000us-gaap_TransfersAccountedForAsSecuredBorrowingsAssetsCarryingAmount
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Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
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