Pensions, Other Post-employment Benefits and Employee Benefit Plans Benefit Obligations and Plan Assets (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2010 Automotive Segment [Member]	Jun. 30, 2010 Automotive Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Pension Benefits	Dec. 31, 2011 Pension Benefits	Dec. 31, 2010 Pension Benefits	Dec. 31, 2012 Pension Benefits Railcar and Food Packaging [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Pension Benefits Railcar and Food Packaging [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Pension Benefits Railcar and Food Packaging [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 United States Plans Automotive Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 United States Plans Automotive Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 United States Plans Automotive Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Non-U.S. Plans Automotive Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Non-U.S. Plans Automotive Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Non-U.S. Plans Automotive Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Post-Employment Benefits	Dec. 31, 2011 Other Post-Employment Benefits	Dec. 31, 2010 Other Post-Employment Benefits	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Post-Employment Benefits Automotive Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Other Post-Employment Benefits Automotive Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Other Post-Employment Benefits Automotive Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Post-Employment Benefits Railcar and Food Packaging [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Other Post-Employment Benefits Railcar and Food Packaging [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Other Post-Employment Benefits Railcar and Food Packaging [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation						$ 198,000,000	$ 178,000,000	$ 165,000,000	$ 1,298,000,000	$ 1,227,000,000	$ 1,151,000,000	$ 474,000,000	$ 362,000,000	$ 352,000,000				$ 395,000,000	$ 350,000,000	$ 366,000,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Service cost	2,000,000	162,000,000	30,000,000	29,000,000	30,000,000	0	1,000,000		21,000,000	19,000,000		9,000,000	9,000,000		1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000		0	0
Interest cost			77,000,000	83,000,000	85,000,000	8,000,000	8,000,000		53,000,000	58,000,000		16,000,000	17,000,000		14,000,000	18,000,000	21,000,000	14,000,000	18,000,000		0	0
Employee contributions									0	0		0	0					0	0
Benefits paid						(9,000,000)	(9,000,000)		(62,000,000)	(60,000,000)		(21,000,000)	(22,000,000)					(29,000,000)	(30,000,000)		0	0
Medicare subsidies received									0	0		0	0					3,000,000	3,000,000
Plan amendments									0	0		1,000,000	0					(16,000,000)	(4,000,000)
Curtailments									(16,000,000)	0		0	0					0	0
Settlements									(4,000,000)	0		0	0					0	0
Contractual termination benefit									6,000,000	0		0	0					0	0
Actuarial losses and changes in actuarial assumptions						21,000,000	13,000,000		98,000,000	59,000,000		94,000,000	21,000,000					75,000,000	(3,000,000)		0	0
Net transfers (out) in									(25,000,000)	0		3,000,000	1,000,000					(3,000,000)	0
Currency translation									0	0		10,000,000	(16,000,000)					0	(1,000,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets						124,000,000	114,000,000	116,000,000	778,000,000	670,000,000	662,000,000	55,000,000	48,000,000	48,000,000				0	0	0	0	0	0
Actual return on plan assets						13,000,000	(1,000,000)		82,000,000	9,000,000		3,000,000	2,000,000					0	0		0	0
Company contributions						6,000,000	8,000,000		93,000,000	64,000,000		24,000,000	23,000,000					26,000,000	27,000,000		0	0
Expenses									(5,000,000)	(5,000,000)		0	0					0	0
Defined benefit plans, change in benefit obligation						0	0														0	0
Currency translation									0	0		1,000,000	(3,000,000)					0	0
Funded status of the plan							(74,000,000)	(64,000,000)	(520,000,000)	(557,000,000)		(419,000,000)	(314,000,000)					(395,000,000)	(350,000,000)			0	0
Net liability recognized							(74,000,000)	(64,000,000)	(520,000,000)	(557,000,000)		(419,000,000)	(314,000,000)					(395,000,000)	(350,000,000)			0	0
Actuarial losses included in Accumulated other comprehensive income						(66,000,000)	(55,000,000)		435,000,000	415,000,000		107,000,000	36,000,000					113,000,000	41,000,000		0	1,000,000
Prior service cost (credit)						0	0		0	0		(4,000,000)	(3,000,000)					75,000,000	124,000,000		0	(2,000,000)
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net Gains (Losses), before Tax						$ (66,000,000)	$ (55,000,000)		$ 435,000,000	$ 415,000,000		$ 111,000,000	$ 39,000,000					$ 38,000,000	$ (83,000,000)		$ 0	$ 3,000,000