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Amount of contractually specified servicing fee, late fee, and ancillary fee recognized as income for servicing asset and servicing liability.

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Asset-Backed Financing - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 27, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 28, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 29, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 28, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2021 CAD ($)	May 31, 2021 CAD ($)	Nov. 25, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 25, 2020 agreement	Nov. 25, 2020 segment	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity
Proceeds from securitization debt					$ 597,411,000	$ 2,064,450,000
Servicing and ancillary fees						100,000
Unconsolidated VIEs
Variable Interest Entity
Off-balance sheet asset-backed securitization VIE repurchase												$ 27,400,000
Asset-backed securitization 2 \| Consolidated VIEs \| Secured Debt \| Asset-backed Securities, Securitized Loans and Receivables
Variable Interest Entity
Proceeds from securitization debt					0	0
U.S. Line of Credit \| Consolidated VIEs \| Secured Debt
Variable Interest Entity
Number of agreements										2	2
Number of consolidated agreements \| agreement										1
U.S. Line of Credit \| Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facilities \| Consolidated VIEs \| Secured Debt
Variable Interest Entity
Transfers	$ 0	$ 663,100,000	$ 1,840,500,000	$ 580,200,000	663,100,000	2,420,700,000
Proceeds	0	600,000,000	1,550,200,000	525,000,000	600,000,000	2,075,200,000
Proceeds, net	0	$ 597,400,000	1,541,800,000	522,700,000	597,400,000	$ 2,064,500,000
Proceeds from transfer of finance receivables				163,600,000
Amount transferred to receivables			0	195,300,000	$ 0
Length of option					4 years
U.S. Line of Credit \| Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facility VIE, facility one \| Consolidated VIEs \| Secured Debt
Variable Interest Entity
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity									$ 600,000,000.0				$ 300,000,000.0
U.S. Line of Credit \| Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facility VIE, facility two \| Consolidated VIEs \| Secured Debt
Variable Interest Entity
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity									300,000,000.0
U.S. Line of Credit \| Asset-Backed U.S. Commercial Paper Conduit Facility VIE, Combined Facilities \| Consolidated VIEs \| Secured Debt
Variable Interest Entity
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity									900,000,000.0
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity									$ 300,000,000.0
364-day credit facility borrowings \| Asset-backed Canadian commercial paper conduit facility \| Consolidated VIEs \| Secured Debt
Variable Interest Entity
Proceeds from transfer of finance receivables				61,600,000
364-day credit facility borrowings \| Asset-backed Canadian commercial paper conduit facility \| Unconsolidated VIEs \| Secured Debt
Variable Interest Entity
Amount transferred to receivables			$ 0		$ 0
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity							$ 125,000,000.0	$ 220,000,000.0
Length of option					4 years
VIE, maximum loss exposure, amount	$ 15,500,000				$ 15,500,000
364-day credit facility borrowings \| Asset-backed Canadian Retail Motorcycle Finance Receivables \| Consolidated VIEs \| Secured Debt
Variable Interest Entity
Amount transferred to receivables				$ 77,900,000