Supplemental Consolidating Data - Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 28, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Mar. 29, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 2,320,645	$ 3,257,203	$ 1,465,061
Accounts receivable, net	216,569	143,082	299,148
Finance receivables, net	1,798,194	1,509,539	2,358,989
Inventories, net	470,997	523,497	610,924
Restricted cash	185,374	131,642	99,903
Other current assets	195,356	280,470	142,357
Total current assets	5,187,135	5,845,433	4,976,382
Finance receivables, net	4,958,583	4,933,469	4,933,418
Property, plant and equipment, net	718,968	743,784	826,845
Pension and postretirement assets	105,910	95,711	64,802
Goodwill	65,157	65,976	64,063
Deferred income taxes	135,387	158,538	127,856
Lease assets	44,765	45,203	56,496
Other long-term assets	123,083	122,487	90,085
Total assets	11,338,988	12,010,601	11,139,947
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	402,764	290,904	333,411
Accrued liabilities	570,440	557,214	584,535
Short-term deposits, net	93,887	79,965	0
Short-term debt	765,263	1,014,274	1,335,664
Current portion of long-term debt, net	1,622,243	2,039,597	2,326,460
Total current liabilities	3,454,597	3,981,954	4,580,070
Long-term deposits, net	58,766	0	0
Long-term debt, net	5,478,091	5,932,933	4,478,078
Lease liabilities	30,061	30,115	40,053
Pension and postretirement liabilities	103,854	114,206	128,054
Deferred income taxes	8,682	8,607	6,219
Other long-term liabilities	228,551	220,001	215,490
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity	1,976,386	1,722,785	1,691,983	$ 1,803,999
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	11,338,988	$ 12,010,601	$ 11,139,947
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Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	607,941
Accounts receivable, net	603,273
Finance receivables, net	0
Inventories, net	470,997
Restricted cash	0
Other current assets	81,559
Total current assets	1,763,770
Finance receivables, net	0
Property, plant and equipment, net	687,086
Pension and postretirement assets	105,910
Goodwill	65,157
Deferred income taxes	56,911
Lease assets	36,559
Other long-term assets	184,876
Total assets	2,900,269
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	355,722
Accrued liabilities	443,529
Short-term deposits, net	0
Short-term debt	0
Current portion of long-term debt, net	0
Total current liabilities	799,251
Long-term deposits, net	0
Long-term debt, net	744,149
Lease liabilities	22,461
Pension and postretirement liabilities	103,854
Deferred income taxes	7,166
Other long-term liabilities	179,525
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity	1,043,863
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	2,900,269
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Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	1,712,704
Accounts receivable, net	0
Finance receivables, net	1,798,194
Inventories, net	0
Restricted cash	185,374
Other current assets	113,797
Total current assets	3,810,069
Finance receivables, net	4,958,583
Property, plant and equipment, net	31,882
Pension and postretirement assets	0
Goodwill	0
Deferred income taxes	79,206
Lease assets	8,206
Other long-term assets	33,929
Total assets	8,921,875
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	433,746
Accrued liabilities	125,768
Short-term deposits, net	93,887
Short-term debt	765,263
Current portion of long-term debt, net	1,622,243
Total current liabilities	3,040,907
Long-term deposits, net	58,766
Long-term debt, net	4,733,942
Lease liabilities	7,600
Pension and postretirement liabilities	0
Deferred income taxes	1,516
Other long-term liabilities	46,920
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity	1,032,224
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	8,921,875
Consolidating Adjustments
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0
Accounts receivable, net	(386,704)
Finance receivables, net	0
Inventories, net	0
Restricted cash	0
Other current assets	0
Total current assets	(386,704)
Finance receivables, net	0
Property, plant and equipment, net	0
Pension and postretirement assets	0
Goodwill	0
Deferred income taxes	(730)
Lease assets	0
Other long-term assets	(95,722)
Total assets	(483,156)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	(386,704)
Accrued liabilities	1,143
Short-term deposits, net	0
Short-term debt	0
Current portion of long-term debt, net	0
Total current liabilities	(385,561)
Long-term deposits, net	0
Long-term debt, net	0
Lease liabilities	0
Pension and postretirement liabilities	0
Deferred income taxes	0
Other long-term liabilities	2,106
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity	(99,701)
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ (483,156)