Fair Value - Summary of Fair Value and Carrying Value of Company Financial Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 29, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018
Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Finance receivables, net	$ 7,561,797	$ 7,304,334	$ 7,394,684
Fair Value \| Medium-term notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Long-term debt, fair value	4,138,941	4,829,671	4,386,030
Fair Value \| Senior unsecured notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Long-term debt, fair value	773,434	707,198	707,252
Fair Value \| Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facilities \| Secured Debt
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Long-term debt, fair value	552,757	582,717	265,044
Fair Value \| Asset-backed Canadian commercial paper conduit facility \| Secured Debt
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Long-term debt, fair value	128,368	155,951	149,418
Fair Value \| Asset-backed securitization debt \| Secured Debt
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Long-term debt, fair value	877,423	94,974	127,906
Fair Value \| Unsecured commercial paper
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Unsecured commercial paper	1,013,137	1,135,810	1,373,859
Carrying Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Finance receivables, net	7,515,580	7,221,931	7,303,562
Carrying Value \| Medium-term notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Long-term debt, fair value	4,089,591	4,887,007	4,437,279
Carrying Value \| Senior unsecured notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Long-term debt, fair value	743,127	742,624	742,458
Carrying Value \| Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facilities \| Secured Debt
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Long-term debt, fair value	552,757	582,717	265,044
Carrying Value \| Asset-backed Canadian commercial paper conduit facility \| Secured Debt
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Long-term debt, fair value	128,368	155,951	149,418
Carrying Value \| Asset-backed securitization debt \| Secured Debt
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Long-term debt, fair value	872,871	95,167	128,474
Carrying Value \| Unsecured commercial paper
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions
Unsecured commercial paper	$ 1,013,137	$ 1,135,810	$ 1,373,859

Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
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